Are interested in leaving now. [no audio] sec. Austin good afternoon and thank you for being here. It has been a busy time for all of us in this department. A proud one and a solemn 12. And a solemn one, too. We have completed our evacuation. This is the last mission of the united States War in afghanistan. It is americas longest war and has come to a close. As both a secretary and a veteran of the afghan war, my thoughts have been with the brave americans who stood up to serve after Al Qaeda attacked us on september 11. My heart is with their families and loved ones and with our friends and allies and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years of war. We remember 2461 service members who paid the ultimate price in this war. More than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you cannot see on the outside. We remember the thousands of american contractors who lost their lives. Hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and beyo
Or are interested in leaving now. [no audio] sec. Austin good afternoon and thank you for being here. It has been a busy time for all of us in this department. A proud one and a solemn 12. And a solemn one, too. We have completed our evacuation. This is the last mission of the united States War in afghanistan. It is americas longest war and has come to a close. As both a secretary and a veteran of the afghan war, my thoughts have been with the brave americans who stood up to serve after Al Qaeda attacked us on september 11. My heart is with their families and loved ones and with our friends and allies and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years of war. We remember 2461 service members who paid the ultimate price in this war. More than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you cannot see on the outside. We remember the thousands of american contractors who lost their lives. Hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and b
Launch the business, as usual in the can city of the boss, we get a raglin of life that on the, on the bond is prisons full of drug convex. Highland take steps to relax, decades of hard line policy, me for you and is wanting afghans. Sam could run out of food within a month. Its one of many challenges facing the tardy bond, which is yet to form a new government as it tries to restore stability. After decades of war, western powers, looking at council for diplomatic help, play the role in the recent evacuation efforts using its influence to allow the safe passage of people out of the country. Thats also asked for is influencing context to really help all parties of done is to reach an inclusive political agreement that ensures stability and future prosperity of all people. And ive got to stand and of Course Weve discussed situation of the vulnerable position of religious and ethnic minorities and women and girls. And we would like to contribute to this process. And ive also off his exce
[no audio] sec. Austin good afternoon and thank you for being here. It has been a busy time for all of us in this department. A proud one and a solemn 12. And a solemn one, too. We have completed our evacuation. This is the last mission of the united States War in afghanistan. It is americas longest war and has come to a close. As both a secretary and a veteran of the afghan war, my thoughts have been with the brave americans who stood up to serve after Al Qaeda attacked us on september 11. My heart is with their families and loved ones and with our friends and allies and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years of war. We remember 2461 service members who paid the ultimate price in this war. More than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you cannot see on the outside. We remember the thousands of american contractors who lost their lives. Hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and beyond. Tens of thousands of afghan
Sam kiley is in doha, qatar, and with u. S. Cnn military retired general. Orrin, lets start with you. What do we expect to hear in these remarks . In terms of the expectation of how this plays out, we expect austin and milley, and then some time for questions. Generally when these two spoke in front of the press, it lasted a tight 30 minutes and thats what we expect here. Second in terms of what we expect to hear, i think it will focus on a message of support and a message of absolute confidence in the troops, and a message of mourning for those that lost their lives in 20 years of war, including the 13 Service Members of lost their lives last wednesday, and then support for 8,000 other Service Members that served in afghanistan over the course of two decades of war. I dont think we will hear too much insight on the disagreements and the insights of going into the withdrawal and the process of the evacuation, that they are almost certain to keep themselves, and we hope to get in there