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i don t think it could ve been handled in a way that we re going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don t know how that happens. i don t know how that happened. so for you that was always priced into the decision? yes. always priced into the decision. cnn s kylie atwood is at the state department. we re going to start with cnn s chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. this doesn t exactly jive with what biden has been saying in recent weeks because he has acknowledged that they did not expect the afghan military to fall as quickly as they did. yeah, jake. i m a little surprised by that last comment there saying that he did not believe there could be a drawdown that would happen without chaos ensuing. because what we have heard from the president and his top national security advisers for the last several months and especially over the last several days is that they hav ....
mark milley saying today that getting americans out is the singular focus of the biden administration. the situation is still very dangerous, very dynamic and fluid and we can be proud of those executing this mission. they re currently in harm s way. that needs to be our focus. there will be plenty of time to do aars but right now our mission is to secure that air field, defend that air field and evacuate those faithful to us. there will be many postmortems on this topic but right now is not that time. there s troops at risk and we the united states military and fully intend to successfully evacuate all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan, all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan. they are our priority number one. in addition we intend to evacuate those supporting us for years and won t leave them behind. milley s comments hours after scenes of chaos unfolded on wednesday outside of what is the only way out of afghanistan. the airpor ....
they could now face imprisonment. in deep water a warning many of our swimming pools could close by the end of the decade without urgent modernisation. and coming on the bbc news channel. england netballers beat world champions new zealand to level their three match series in christchurch, with just one game left to play. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news at one. boris johnson s hopes of a post brexit free trade deal with the united states appear to be fading. the prime minister met president biden at the white house last night, but mr biden played down the chances of an agreement and the british government has admitted it s just not a priority for the us administration. the uk may now try instead to join the existing north american trade arrangement between the united states, canada and mexico. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this was borisjohnson s this was boris johnson s first trip to the white house as prime minister, only the second ....
military officials and defense experts took part in a discussion on u.s. security and the strength of military alliances and partnerships. hosted by the reagan national defense forum. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to panel 5. in the interests of all, please welcome admiral john aquilno, william inboden, laura richardson, leanne caret, and moderator david ignatius of the washington post. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your photogenic panel. i hope everybody had a good coffee break and are well-caffeinated for our discussion about advancing security through alliances and partnerships. i don t have to tell this audience this is a moment in which we have threats around the world that are concerning. we have in the washington post this morning a report that 175,000 russian troops may be prepared to line up along the ukraine border, posing an extraordinary threat to ukraine and indeed to the nato alliance. in vienna, talks to restore the jcpoa appear to have broken ....
araya chairs the house subcommittee hearing. subcommittee and oversight, management and accountability, will now come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee a recess at any time and let me thank everyone by joining us today. this month, as you know, we ve commemorated 20 years since the tragic 911 cowardly attack on our country, that essentially led to the creation of the homeland security and this committee. as we look back on the last two decades it s impossible to ignore how much has changed. the threats to our homeland and the ones we ve faced today have grown beyond foreign terrorists to include cyber attacks, climate change and domestic violence extremism and to meet these new threats, the department of homeland security has evolved as well. a department that was one barely more than a collection of 22 federal agencies has matured to become more cohesive and therefore more effective, but ensuring the department s many co ....