embassy in afghanistan since that day? >> we have had people in afghanistan. i do not believe they visited the embassy. >> do you know who is currently residing in our embassy? >> the embassy is not under our control. we don't have the ability, not being in afghanistan, to control it. >> do you have any information on anybody that has spent any time residing in our embassy since our departure? >> no doubt, if we do or in any event, the intelligence community does, and i'm happy to share that as appropriate. >> yet, we are still giving the taliban tens of billions of dollars. there's an american citizen out there, literally woke up this morning, losing 30% of their paycheck and a good percentage of that is going to the taliban or other programs abroad. and this is something we all need to think about, and we will be thinking about deeply for the next two years. there's a joke that's made often out there about kids going to college to learn bask weaving and what a joke that would be. but the united states right now is literally sending tens of millions to the ta

war in afghanistan. some might argue that the self -evident lesson of the war in afghanistan is quite simple. never again. however earnestly we may seek to avoid foreign entanglements, such distaste for intervention is an imperfect shield against the future. we did not enter afghanistan in search of a 20 year commitment . we entered in response to what was seen as a profound and open ended threat to the american homeland. a future generation may find itself in similar straits. we owe it to this nation to arm that future generation with the hard won insights of afghanistan. our first panel sets the stage for our inquiry by helping us better understand the value of a rigorous independent examination like that the afghanistan war commission is undertaking. we will hear from distinguished historians and experts about prior efforts to draw lessons from history. throughout our work, we will ask witnesses to challenge our assumptions in pursuit of a thoroughly balanced understanding of the war. our second panel

and afghanistan.t the quote by chinese government official producing our withdrawal from afghanistan will be handled that precipitate additional aggression from china towards taiwan? i don't producing a build up for more than a decade. and as i said earlier 2008 we had 2000 troops which in afghanistan and iraq production the russians invaded georgia. we are 12000 troops in afghanistan that's when the russians first invaded ukraine. these decisions were made for their own reasons with russia and ukraine we look before the situation in afghanistan this a better today or before as it relates to your number one the safetyal and security of women d young girls? what the situation is worse for women and young girls there is no question about tupperware the access and opportunities for education for women and young girls today or before? what's worse for the opportunity to enter the workforce for word today wasn't worse requesting regarding thedelay behind forcel force may have created stability in the regio

war in afghanistan. we will now read the biographies of our second set of distinguished guests and i recognize my distinguished co chair for his introduction of dr. vickers >> >>. thank you. dr. vickers is joining us here today as an expert witness. his bio reads like no other bio i've ever been exposed to. he has had a career as a special operator in the military, a cia operations officer, national security policy maker, an intelligence community leader. that is just to start. his experiences span the last two decades of the cold war through a decade and a half of our war with al qaeda, its allies and its offshoots. as the assistant secretary of defense for special operations, low intensity conflict. and the under secretary of defense for intelligence, 2007 to 2015, he conceived and led the largest expansion of special operations forces in our nation's history and oversaw several other major capability investments ranging from next generation long range strike to undersea warfare. he was a key operation

withdrawal from afghanistan.e touched on how the biden administration inherited an agreement the trump administration reached with the taliban to remove all u.s. forces from afghanistan by may 1, 2021. he also called the biden administration's plan the largest evacuation effort in u.s. history. the four hour 15 minute hearing was held by the house foreign affairs committee. chair mccaul: the committee on foreign affairs will come to order. the purpose of today's hearing is to hear directly from secretary blinken, america's top diplomat, and get his assessment of his state department's withdrawal from afghanistan. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. i want to say good morning to all the members. as most of you know, this will be my last hearing as chairman of this very important committee that i say is the committee of war and peace. it goes back to the continental congress, benjamin franklin was the first chairman historically. and it's been an honor. it's probably been the honor of my entire congres

we must recognize the strategic importance of afghanistan to stability and peace. soviet occupied afghanistan threatens iran and pakistan, and is a steppingstone the possible control over much of the world's oil supplies. the united states wants all nations in the region to be free and independent. but this soviets are encouraged in this invasion by eventual success, and if they maintain their dominance over afghanistan, and then extend their control to adjacent countries, the stable, strategic and peaceful balance of the entire world will be changed. this would threaten the security of all nations, including, of course, the united states, our allies, and our friends. therefore, the world simply cannot stand by and allow the soviet union to commit this act with impunity. 50 nations have petitioned the united nations security council to condemn the soviet union and to demand the immediate withdrawal of all soviet troops from afghanistan. we realize that under the u.n. charter, the soviet and other permanent members, may veto action of the security council. if the wi

and, and, and afghanistan and afghans are very few. busy that they will not accepted and as long as it remain sort of this, there's some flash point for the 2 countries. it's a very difficult, it's very difficult to see how to go forward, but practice time, and i think it's exacerbated because back, so really has, in, in the last 23 years of fenced the entire border. and that really has cause to tax, even during, as you've done each time. and during the day when the us led invasion with what's going on in afghanistan, there were a lot of attacks across the board with tax then as well to try to stop defend seeing to, to between the, i can national forest to send the pack studies much much worse since 20. 21. of course it's. it's really now it has has a trip. bolton, and much more since then, kathy, it's, i think it was me reminding of you is that it's also one of the most dangerous places in the world. and you are pretty near that frontier 10 years ago when you were attacked to critically wounded and you wonderful, a photographer on you

and, uh, they should really listen to the voice of women of afghanistan. girls of afghanistan.y really they really they really they should take action against the taliban and taliban must, must answer to their barbaric action, to their barbaric orders, to their barbaric decrees. you know, this is this is something so beyond, beyond even it is beyond sadness. it is even beyond the tragedy. you know, what is going on in afghanistan and what is experiencing and witnessing girls of afghanistan right now. sarah, thank you so much for that. sana. one of the things that seems so clear, this doesn't only slam the door to women trying to get an education. the only bit of education that was available. it affects women who are trying to have a baby with one of the highest, uh, rates of maternal death in the world with this desperate need there is for midwives. this is affecting women on every level, this decision. absolutely. it's not just affecting women on every level. those who are giving birth, those who need to, those who are planning families. but as sarah was saying, it was the onl

this is not recognized as an international board up by afghanistan. why? to thank you for having me here, james. it's always a pleasure to thank you for the lovely panels you've set up. i'll just start off 1st with morning. the 50 last lights last. and the bomb being a few days ago was due to stormy, displaced people who had sought refuge in buck the car. and unfortunately, the delights of innocent children and women were lost upon us on, upon being established as a state under the reign of how much of the ronnie back in the 17th century, 18th century is, loses territory soon after much, i'll do it on each step to seek incursions, this area that is now known as the type of boston. wow. is controlled by them. eventually, british control is a started on this area. the 3 angle off on was that follow later on. uh, and with agreements between the british and the kings, a, based on the mark cation off this territory, this territory is controlled by the interest in the, uh, eventually uh, after the partition. this area is left to park as bonnie sovereignty and ul

is it pockets stones newly appointed special envoy to afghanistan? well, how much so the had been in cobble meeting, the foreign minister named terry administer. what do you make of that time? a james 1st i think it's really important that we care for the terms we use. i think the term retaliation to attacks conducted within pockets done by the t d p, which is a locally insurgency. they are local store pockets done according to their records, cannot be a retaliate tree attack when you cross borders and actually bombed a sovereign state. on the other hand, yes, there is confused messaging. you send a diplomatic delegation. after months of tensions to sit down and have a conversation on the issue of the d. p. however, on the same night of the meetings, you conduct a image it to mit in a bumping. now the d b issue and this escalation intentions are symptoms of a much larger problem. honestly, the problem can be broken down to, to subsections one is the fact that, but this one actually looks at the sun the online was mentioned earlier, but it seems that

forces in afghanistan since 2021. the profound effects of the doha agreement president biden ultimately opted to implement previous administrations decisions to withdraw american troops and honor his pledge to end her nation's longest war. president biden faced a choice between ending the war escalating it. had he not followed through on his commitment attacks on our forces and allies would have resumed for the taliban's assault on the country's major cities would have commenced. that would require sending tens of thousands beat each more u.s. forces and afghanistan to prevent a taliban takeover at best the prospect of restoring a stalemate and remaining stuck under fire in afghanistan indefinitely. president biden inherited deadline. no plan to meet it. at his direction beginning in the spring of 2021 the administration the state departmentcl particular engagedn extensive planning for a whole range of outcomes. we pursue the same campaign to urge americans in afghanistan to leave. we have restarted a dramatically inc

and i have notified the olympic committee that we're soviet invading forces in afghanistan. neither the american people. i will support sending an olympic team to moscow. the soviet union is going have to answer some basic questions. will it help promote a more stable and, unnatural environment in which its own legitimate, peaceful can be pursued? or will it continue to expand its military power far beyond its genuine security needs and use that power for colonial conquest? the soviet union must realize that its decision use military force in afghanistan will be costly to political and economic relationship. it values. the region which is now threatened by soviet troops in afghanistan and is of great strategic importance. it contains more than two thirds of the world's export of all oil. the soviet effort to dominate afghanistan has brought soviet military forces to within 300 miles of the indian ocean and close to the straits of hormuz, a waterway through most of the world's oil must flow. the soviet union is now to consolidate a strategic position. therefore, that poses a

well, i tell a stories about, you know, whole areas of afghanistan that we couldn't go. we couldn't engage the populace we couldn't get after the taliban because this heavy 20 ton mrap would literally collapse. the roads and the bridges, these remote villages. but yet it was this kind of dictum from on high. and as i talk about bottoms up leadership, you have to listen to those closest to the issue whether it's the sale in a business or the villages and understanding the road networks wouldn't support these vehicles out in afghanistan in another case you know i'm sitting back in washington in the white house briefing as one of my tours, and i see, you know, the general in charge of training the afghan soldiers out there. and he comes up on the screen. and he kind of smacks the table. mr. president, we're going to have the afghan army ready to fight, on its own in 18 months. and here's my plan to get it there and i'm shaking my head, you know, i'm kind of a backbencher. you know, the afghan was was 60 to 70% illiterate. we had trouble helping them by our artillery because

and i have notified the olympic committee that we're soviet invading forces in afghanistan.either the american people. i will support sending an olympic team to moscow. the soviet union is going have to answer some basic questions. will it help promote a more stable and, unnatural environment in which its own legitimate, peaceful can be pursued? or will it continue to expand its military power far beyond its genuine security needs and use that power for colonial conquest? the soviet union must realize that its decision use military force in afghanistan will be costly to political and economic relationship. it values. the region which is now threatened by soviet troops in afghanistan and is of great strategic importance. it contains more than two thirds of the world's export of all oil. the soviet effort to dominate afghanistan has brought soviet military forces to within 300 miles of the indian ocean and close to the straits of hormuz, a waterway through most of the world's oil must flow. the soviet union is now to consolidate a strategic position. therefore, that poses a gr

there's no state department people stationed in afghanistan right now.the ground there. you know that that money is not going to its intended purpose. it is going to fund terrorism across the world. liz: congressman, so you've served overseas in iraq. how bad is this for american military officials? how bais it for america's appearance on the world stage because house foreign affairs reported that president biden "prioritizes personal legacy" over u.s. national security interests and safety. that biden and his white house ignored repeated warnings from military officials and advisors and allies about the danger of terrorists there don't speed it up, don't rush but blinken was largely absent throughout the withdrawal. i mean, so how toxic and how bad is this because you know, the messaging at the time was biden wanted to rush out of afghanistan in time for the anniversary of 9/11. >> yeah just look at the recruitment numbers. i had a three star general in my office today talking about the recruitment number. i've met with army generals talking about the r

the isis affiliate in afghanistan has been on a terror lately, carrying out attacks inside afghanistantt just in afghanistan, external attacks have been a high priority for isis. we have seen attacks in russia. we have seen attacks in pakistan. and one has to wonder -- again, we don't know for a fact -- but one has to wonder whether isis elements in the middle east or in afghanistan are responsible for what happened today. to be clear, we don't necessarily read directions from command control in syria or afghanistan for a terrorist to do something like this. these kind of attacks are very, very simple to pull off. you rent a truck. you fill it up with gas. and you mow down a crowd of innocent people. so it doesn't require a great deal of training or planning or money in order to pull something like this off, so it's quite possible that we are just seeing an attack carried out by somebody who was inspired by isis's murderous ideology or some other group's ideology, as opposed to an operative acting on instructions. >> martha: in terms of the exit from afghanistan, and i just underscore

we do _ for cilia to be the new afghanistan. we do not — for cilia to be the new afghanistan. be the new afghanistan. we do not want to _ for cilia to be the new afghanistan. we do not want to live _ for cilia to be the new afghanistan. we do not want to live under- we do not want to live under something _ we do not want to live under something like _ we do not want to live under something like the _ we do not want to live under something like the taliban. i we do not want to live under. something like the taliban. 30 we do not want to live under something like the taliban. 70 miles from damascus, _ something like the taliban. 70 miles from damascus, we _ something like the taliban. 70 miles from damascus, we drove _ something like the taliban. 70 miles from damascus, we drove to - something like the taliban. 70 miles| from damascus, we drove to another city dominated by a religious minority. at the city's central square, they have gathered to watch the children perform, celebrating the children perform, celebrating the fall of the regime. translation: we are celebrating now,

today, every woman in afghanistan is a journalist. every woman in afghanistan is a tv.y talking about what their experience is. so as much as they suffer, they suppress them. it's like, you know, they are popping up in a different way, in a different method. >> and when we come back, some perspective, a century in the making, a special moment from my conversation with d-day veteran jake larson in normandy. >> every one of us was prepared to give our life to kick hitler's out of europe. >> you only come across an artist like luther vandross. once in a lifetime. >> he was a boss from the beginning. >> luther said, i have a sound in my head. >> i got to get it out. you are my shining star. >> my. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. >> his life had extremely joyful moments and some really difficult moments. >> if we were to be able to talk to luther as fans, we'd be able to say. >> we just love you. >> luther. never too much. new year's day at eight on cnn. >> oof! >> stuck paying for that old phone. don't be. you know that verizon will pay off your phone and you

embassy to any other multilateral just trying to build democracy in afghanistan., one of the first priorities was to find those people and make an example of them by imprisoning them or killing them. >> did the taliban ever get their hands on the list? >> i never gave up. >> never gave up the list. >> never provide a single information. >> rahim rauffi's refusal to cooperate enraged the taliban. >> how were you threatened? >> we just received letters. >> the night letters were taliban edicts dropped under doors under the shroud of dark. one sent to the rauffi home in kabul read, your whole family is sentenced to death for betraying the islamic emirate, using the taliban's choice term for afghanistan. >> they mentioned they were going to kill me. >> you had to get out of there? >> yeah. >> for rahim and his clan of 12, his wife, their children, including triplets, his mom, his brothers, and nephew, sisters-in-law, hope for a passage to safety rested with a little league dad nine and a halftime zones ahead in kansas city, missouri, jason kander. the two began exchan

the haqqani network has been a key group in the story off afghanistan for years.ad a successful strike here. the major seem to have had a successful strike here. the majo- strike here. the ma'or thing is it challenges h strike here. the ma'or thing is it challenges the _ strike here. the major thing is it challenges the narrative - it challenges the narrative taliban have about security in afghanistan. the taliban has always boasted about security, they are saying they managed to secure the country, they are in charge, they are governing now, so the problem is that there used to be at the time of nato forces in afghanistan, where war was going on everywhere in the country, it is not there any more, so that narrative is being challenged. the taliban are saying that while this incident can happen everywhere, bombings in the western countries as well, so that's something that will challenge that narrative as well. fascinating to see what is happening there in afghanistan for that we will be back in a few minutes. hello again. it has been a cold start to the day today

this is the same strategy as in libya, afghanistan and iraq. and they want regime change because a rule, a strategically does not do. what do you know? i did states nights. that's why they organize it. but all to that there's usually even william tales. and i was the case with good josby. and so was saddam hussein hall and not suffering happens just because he failed states arising. and of course, i wonder why the europeans don't act at all because was very close to it. this will close father refugee flight resort. yeah, well let's find out more about the chalet crossing live out a job. and paula been about member of stuff on college i from the alternative for germany party. thank you so much defined for sharing and monday with us here at all . tell you what a story this is. i mean, i think it's fair to say they're all politicians in europe. they're raising concerns about what's happening in syria now where it's going to lead some potentially drawings about our he's between. well, the recent past syria, i found us on libya, iraq, you want to ta

the two are neighbours and afghanistan depends on trade and forfood imports afghanistan depends on tradesential items coming from pakistan. as the escalate, the borders are closed and that leads to complications for civilians and in fact, today, the local residents and afghanistan have been holding a protest urging pakistan not to carry out any air strikes and the un mission in afghanistan a couple of days ago said that it had credible evidence that many civilians, including women and children, were killed in the air strikes carried out by pakistan. the taliban are angry and they want to show that they want to take a retaliatory attack, they cannot be pushed aside by a neighbour like pakistan and thatis neighbour like pakistan and that is what led to the incident today. i that is what led to the incident today.- incident today. i also appreciate _ incident today. i also appreciate your - incident today. i also - appreciate your analysis, thank you very much. a 49—year—old man has appeared in court in high wycombe charged with two counts of murder after two women died following a suspecte

afghanistan back on its feet and suppressing the taliban. and i'm just curious, your take is on withdrawal from afghanistan a couple of years back. personal opinion is that. that afghanistan was worth the effort we were putting into it at the time which was a few thousand military but we had the president before our president biden and hitler and we were going to leave and i think anybody who looks at we left it it was it was unfortunate people got hurt. it seemed disorganized i wasn't there. i haven't criticized public until now. i guess i just said, look, disorder in eyes. and that's because it left a lot of people in the lurch and it killed submarines. it seems that if we had time, we could have done that in a more way where we've not had the loss of life in the chaos that we saw from afar, from tvs. and so forth, from folks on the scene there. it was it was too chaotic. and then i, of course, for the taliban taliban, the one place you don't want to be is a woman is in afghanistan. they treat women so poorly, particularly when it comes to

if the service do not withdraw their troops immediately from afghanistan within a month, i would not support the sending of an american team to the olympics and the, and the olympic boycott which killed the dreams of many athletes across the world did not achieve any of its goals the soviet union did not pull its troops out of afghanistan for another 9 years. and despite all the posturing it made carter look as a week president in the middle east still sees the effects of his policies. the former us president broker, the 1978 camp david accords between israel and egypt, which became the 1st case of an air of nation officially recognizing that you were state. it was one of the deals which promoted israel as america's main ally in the region. essentially given at carte blanche to act law leslie with its neighbors, palestine and 11 on and syria. jimmy carter's last year in the office was marred by the hostage crisis in iran were supporters of these womic revolution held 52 american diplomat service main. c, i, a operatives, and others captive for 444 days. the hostages were released in

personnel from afghanistan.inistration tried to course correct on when donald trump's process had already began. still, though, republican critics on the panel had essentially accused blinken and the biden administration of lighting the world on fire by their actions in afghanistan. watch this exchange here. >> nato is stronger today but not because of you all. nato is stronger because your weakness invited putin to move against ukraine. you signalled you weren't going to stand with our nato allies. you didn't care. president biden didn't care about our nato allies and what they thought about a retreat from afghanistan, instead, what it did is signal weakness and putin took advantage of it. the reason nato is stronger today is because of the invasion. it's not because of u.s. policy. >> that's incorrect. the reason nato is stronger today is because of president biden's leadership. this alliance is bigger, better resourced, and more members because of its leadership. if you ask any nato ally -- >> reporter: that'

disaster us pullout from afghanistan. as you will remember, we lost 13 heroic americans at the abbey gauge in the fall of afghanistan and lawmakers could not get a hold of the president. but perhaps the most disturbing detail of all of this, is this, listen closely. a sign that the bruising presidential schedule need to be adjusted for biden -- biden's advanced age had risen early on, in the first few months of biden's term. administration officials notice the president became tired, if meetings went long, and would make mistakes. so aids to the president's new in the first few months of his term, the incapacity of the leader of the free world and they did nothing, what a scandal! in fact listen to this, in the spring of 2021, so just after taking office, biden was having an off day so they scrapped a national security meeting. now one national security official involved with that cancelled meeting, noted to a white house aide quote, he has a good days and bad days, and today was a bad day, so we are going to address this

and i have notified the olympic committee that we're soviet invading forces in afghanistan. neither the american people. i will support sending an olympic team to moscow. the soviet union is going have to answer some basic questions. will it help promote a more stable and, unnatural environment in which its own legitimate, peaceful can be pursued? or will it continue to expand its military power far beyond its genuine security needs and use that power for colonial conquest? the soviet union must realize that its decision use military force in afghanistan will be costly to political and economic relationship. it values. the region which is now threatened by soviet troops in afghanistan and is of great strategic importance. it contains more than two thirds of the world's export of all oil. the soviet effort to dominate afghanistan has brought soviet military forces to within 300 miles of the indian ocean and close to the straits of hormuz, a waterway through most of the world's oil must flow. the soviet union is now to consolidate a strategic position. therefore, that poses a

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it's not about accuses afghanistan of harboring fighters focused on that order to use. and the people focused on very expecting that having supported the sancho use, we should give no space whatsoever to hostile elements in a one stop. on the contrary, this has not happened, and that is why this tension the 2600 kilometer border known as the drug line has long been a source of dispute between the 2 countries. as kind of stand does not fully recognize the line established during the colonial era. going backwards a force border crossings to shop frequently. pakistan and afghanistan say they want peaceful relations, but on the ground, the violence is only escalating for the a car which is 0. the voters in chad will go to the polls on sunday, in the country's 1st parliamentary elections, a move and a decade. opposition policies, all threatening to boy called the votes, have accusations of corruption. they say the poles will be ranked in favor of the coming present. but much interest debbie when a dispute dates in may, catherine slowly, hospital on the mood. the vote is the

, after afghanistan.ozens of men like yourself have now signed on to a letter, i believe it's published in the washington examiner if everybody wants the see, that says pete hegseth is right for dod, mark. >> yeah, he is. i think, you know, he's probably got more recent experience on the battlefield closer to the troops, understands what the war fighter on the ground is feeling, needs and what is best for the country. as chad said, i mean, we've got to address the issues of retention, of recruiting, and, you know, we have the greatest fighting force in the world. and typically, you know, why are you going to do the same thing over and over, and with that fighting force what limits us is if we're predictable or we're not willing to use are it when necessary. will: right. >> but not being willy-nilly about how we use it as well. will: and that last point's important, mark. it is. scott, i would love to just do a quick panel poll question, because for all the talk about controversy or scandal and all the foc

we had one of the most peaceful parts of the afghanistan conflict during the trump administration, heombs when you misde misbehave and he held you accountable, peace through strength. >> carley: thank you both for joining us, we'll be watching andef stereo, we'll be thinking about you and your son today and everyday. we appreciate you both. daniel penny is a freeman and the ladies of "the view" are not happy about his leaction to the order. >> todd: we have joe concha on deck to react to that next. >> my question is where is our compassion, as society, where is our compassion? >> i don't know that seeing them celebrating in a bar made me comfortable. you know. i mean, you killed a guy. i've been worn by celebrities, athletes, and world leaders. but i've always felt most comfortable up here, with the folks that made me who i am. i'm right at home, out here on the land. and i'm in my lane on the shoulder of the interstate. because this is where i come from. i've been showing up here for nearly 200 years. and i can't wait to see what's next. hats off to the future. nothing runs like a de

fierce clashes are reported to have broken out on the border between afghanistan and pakistan.ir forces have launched attacks on areas in neighbouring pakistan. the development comes days after kabul said 46 people were killed in pakistani air strikes inside afghan territory. i�*ve been speaking to our south asia regional editor — anbarasan ethirajan who gave me the latest. crashes were reported on the border. the defence ministry spokesman, this is the defence ministry, said they had launched what they called retaliatory attacks. so far, we haven�*t heard any confirmation about casualties but one source reported is saying that there was one soldier killed and six others injured. it has triggered tensions between the two forces across the border, particularly in the province. as said, what happened was that 46 people were killed when they carried out air strikes. the militants who had been targeting it insecurity in the province so that has resulted in a war of wills between the two sides because kabul always denied the accusations that it was harbouring any insurgents carrying

. ♪ this dom ever top diplomat appeared talk about the tragic withdrawal from afghanistan.uvering and threats from republican lawmakers to get secretary of state antony blinken there. correspondent mark meredith from capitol hill. >> they have been accusing you of stonewalling the committee, what else your response. >> after six months of delays today outgoing secretary of state antony blinken testified about the 2021 fall of afghanistan. one republicans call the biden's administration's biggest foreign policy blunder. >> we insult every single person that served when we come in here and say words like we're sorry that the afghanistan withdrawal was not exactly perfect. >> in august, 2021, as the taliban we gained power, a suicide bomber attacked americans evacuating the kabul airport. killing 13 u.s. service members and 170 afghans. >> i deeply regret that we did not do more and could not do more to protect them. >> today, democrats rushed to defend both blinken and biden. >> you have got consider the conditions that trump handed over to you and the biden administration. a

many point out on the darker side it's going to be that disastrous afghanistan withdrawal.ally what biden says he wants his legacy to be. listen here. >> history, all told, how do you want to be remembered? what do you want your legacy to be? >> that i kept my word. that when i said i was going to do something, i did. and that my focus has always been about how to gifford their people a shot concern giver if ordinary if people a shot. it's about being able to be yourself and focus on people who need some help. and the vast majority of american people, all hay want is a chance, just a chance, and they'll do fine. peter: he wants his word as a biden to be his legacy. we've gone through the video archives morning. have a look at this. >> various shots that people are getting now cover that. you're okay. you're not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. we have a process in place to manage migrants at the border. we're working to make sure it's safe and orderly and humane. >> -- looks like a crisis. >> well, look, it's way down now. we've now gotten control. >> are

and that's afghanistan. i want to pull this up. some of their reporting. this is about adam smith.adam smith is chairman of the armed services committee over in the house. and this happened. adam smith sought to talk to biden directly to share his insights about afghanistan, but couldn't get on the phone with him, smith said. after the disastrous withdrawal, smith made a critical comment to the washington post, triggering an angry phone call from secretary of state antony blinken. shortly after, smith got an apologetic call from biden. it was the only phone call biden made to smith in his four years in office. and smith said this, quote, the biden white house was more insulated than most. i spoke with barack obama on a number of occasions when he was president, and i wasn't even the chairman of a committee. does it outrage you tonight that a democrat that has knowledge of afghanistan could not get ahold of the commander in chief ahead of that disastrous withdrawal? >> yeah, kayleigh, it's consistent with what we had heard from the earliest days of the biden administration and frank

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forces pulled out of afghanistan. blinken is facina tough questions from some lawmakers who say the biden administration completely botched the u.s. pullout from afghanistan as u.s. forces left the country in august of 2021. chaotic scenes played out thousands of afghans tried to flee the country. a bombing at the kabul airport also killed 13 u.s. service members. and within days the taliban swept back across the country and regain complete control. some lawmakers say it was a major intelligence failure that the white house did not understand the taliban's strength and ability today, lawmakers have criticized secretary blinken saying the white house refuses to acenowledge the failure instead trying to spin the withdrawal as a success. you have plenty of opportunity to plan for the inevitable. >> collapse of afghanistan instead. even with the warning bells sounding wildly. ringing loudly. you deny the imminent dangers. threats. 2 american interest, even the u.s. government's most pessimistic assessments. >> did not ant