way or the other on any legal proceedings or not that may or may not happen. let me remind the gentleman that the topic of this hearing afghanistan. i appreciate it mr. chairman. the secretary generally refuses to answer questions about afghanistan. i figure we talk about something he should be familiar with. have you sought to alter any of your testimony from last year s senate investigation regarding this topic? gentleman s time has expired. let me also for the record make clear that this is a hybrid hearing. as members had an option to come or to be other places, the secretary also. it s a hybrid hearing because we are not in session. mr. chairman, point of inquiry. just for me edification, was it expressed too the secretary
0 legitimizing them as a real government? not only us but virtually the sp entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban if they want to see any support and that include, it starts with freedom of travel. we have been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we re working on that every day. thank you. i yield back. thank you. mr. secretary we requested such a classified briefing not too long ago. we welcome your assurance to schedule this briefing some time in the immediate future. yes, absolutely. i recognize representative brad sherman from california for five minutes. thank you for reminding us that americans were not required to register if they were in afghanistan. i hope my colleagues will support my legislation to require americans to register if they go to war zone. the ranking member says he never thought he would see an unconditional surrender