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

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

military withdrawal from afghanistan. in his remarks he touched on how the biden administration inherited an agreement that the trump administration reached with the taliban to remove all u.s. forces from afghanistan by may 1, 2020 one. he called the biden plan the largest evacuation effort in u.s. history. the four hour 15 minute hearing was held by the house foreign affairs committee. >> the purpose of today's hearing is to hear directly from secretary blinken, america's top diplomat, to get his assessment of his state withdrawal from afghanistan. now i recognize myself for an opening statement. i want to say good morning to all the members. most of you know, this will be my last hearing as chairman of this important committee. it is the committee of war and peace. it goes back to the continental congress, benjamin franklin was the first chairman historically. it has been an honor, probably, the honor of my entire congressional career of 20 years. to serve as your chairman. on both sides of the aisle. i am extremely pro

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

however, the us did not get committed ground troops to afghanistan. instead, the c, i a turn to the rules, the same boring by those who told the country a pos just 6 years earlier. when the american showed up, you had these resent full war large. okay. and when we said, we'll give you weapons, you can reconstitute your war. lord armies, they instance of the said, yes. what a waste of walking through, whatever you want, just let us be warlords again. to see i am calling and they said this is going to bring the brides mutual for ask when it's done, you know, going to come then. so the way to defeat the telephone and i will guide you what i mean, that the biggest army in the world, the biggest economy in the world comes to me and says, what shall i do? it's like all of us out and all of us become a spider man. the cause a lot, a mission model is that a rough one is done with medicare for some of you. she could do that sort of thing . general wish of which we to dish down new gleick a with on the table top type corner we'll send a solution or would you kn

the afghanistan that have been built with western support, collapse like a house of cards. over $176000.00 people were killed during 20 years of war at a cost of $2.00 trillion dollars. when you some, the human cost of this, it is, it can only be described as a tragedy. there are plenty of lessons to learn. the question is, are we actually going to do the learning? that gets jo, say is good. they started out because they can come by to your knowledge. don't see so much. can we deeply say is christopher? yeah, i can, but, but we're sort of get you the, the telephone regained control of afghanistan and on the 15th of august 2021 few of the young up sizes that ever seen the capital complement the veterans. however, return to the old come on posts and memories as to genuinely understand what happened to you. do you have to go back to 2 years to the events that led to the emergence of the tunnel down in the 1st place. a lot that was probably adjusted done. so this is done and what that number i thought of up with an odd on the but generally the advantage of a little bit more lef

for some of in lot this group of out kind of follow is what based in afghanistan. the white house, however, refused to negotiate with the tunnel upon it chose to link the african regime to all kinda despite dissenting voices at home in the intelligence community. there was a lot of, of the discussion at that initial moment. should we target the tale bon rights and there were, there were people at the time that said, we should not because the information we had was the ash the tale won, played host to all kite uh, but they really didn't know about 911 not are you interested in the last single ask in a single family one was in that terrorist act the united states military has begun strikes against the outside of terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime and afghanistan, the, you know, to the 2001 the us plan to strike fraud and fast it launched, strikes aimed at destroying. i'll come to an toppling the telecom regime however, the us did not get committed ground troops to afghanistan. instead, the c, i a turn to the rules, the same bori

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i commend the courage of all those who served in afghanistan.grieve all 2461 americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the longest war in american history. i grieve with the sprayed service member supplies were lost during the withdrawal. we also thank those inside and outside of government who have done so much to help thousands of afghan families resettled in the united states. remember, critics said if we end of the work it damage our alliance and great threats to our homeland, foreign direct terrorism out of a safe haven in afghanistan. neither has occurred. neither has occurred. our alliances stay strong. we've used our capability to strike in afghanistan and elsewhere when we had to. for instance, eliminating zawahiri, leader of al-qaeda and we did without putting more american boots on the ground. and by ending the war we had been able to focus our energy and resources on more urgent challenges. there's nothing i can tell you with my conversation with both president xi and putin, nothing adversaries and competitors and russia and china

the situation for women in afghanistan gets steadily worse., keep being promulgated by the ultraconservative macro leadership of the taliban based in the southern city of kandahar. critics of the deal that includes leading members of the taliban continue to be expressed. the deputy foreign minister again said it was against islamic law not to allow girls to go to school, women to university, to deny them access, to be playing a role in public life, but despite criticisms even from within, there is no sign the taliban leader is going to bend. and there is no way relations will be formally normalised until they are. although some countries are making advances with them. thank you. inafew in a few minutes, we will hear from the british prime minister keir starmer who will be speaking in downing street about the southport killer who pleaded guilty to the southport murders on monday. the weather is similar to what we had yesterday but will change towards the end of the week. today we have a weather front across the north west, enhancing showers. we

and in afghanistan. in exile, and most of the men's team are, surely there's something wrong there. staying with cricket, sir clive lloyd, the former west indies captain, says he's very disturbed by reports of a new two—tier system for international test matches. it's been suggested the heads of cricket in australia and england will meet with the icc to discuss splitting the test playing nations into two divisions, enabling the big three to play each other more often. if west indies were placed in a second division of nations, lloyd fears for the future. i think it will be terrible for all those countries who worked so hard to get to test match status. and now they're playing among themselves in a lower section. how will they make it to the top? how will they — when you play against better teams, you improve. that's how you know how good you are. how bad you are. so i think that — i'm very disturbed about this. and i hope that something, you know, is done, it must be, you know, stopped now. the way to go

i'll be back with more news here now to 0, but now back to afghanistan. the following, the 911 attacks in 2001 the us retaliated by targeting all kind of basis and that's kind of started as well as the telephone regime itself. it installed an interim government on the 100 kind of side. and the 1st full presidential election for 16 years was plans of 2004. the visit was new upgrades on throwing that beginning. so if he wants you to all existing, well the about the 0, you have to the beginning to tear the hope goes to the, the, the, the, to mall, the, about the music pct. because the sort of additional, that's all the details faster today. i called the cvs with seizures, and is it immediate? yeah, of course we do is get those because you have more people but the plenty of show on the do to have a nice one is extra a the committee guess what we're told is electronic door composure. you have to do quick, near the supposed to take the hydro for the collision, all the stuff to see if it was an extra. the problem with my home is because a phone deal on long enou

we can amend the courage of all those who served in afghanistan.ll 2,461 americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the longest war in american history. i grieve those brave service members whose lives were lost during the withdrawal. you think those inside and outside our government who have done so much to help thousands of afghan families resettle in the united states. remember, critics said if we ended the war, it would damage our alliances and create threats to our homeland from foreign directed terrorism out of a safe haven in afghanistan. neither has occurred. neither has occurred. clients stays strong. we have used our rising capabilities to strike in afghanistan and wherever where we have had to. for instance, the leader of al qaeda, helped orchestrate this september 11th attacks. we did it without putting more american boots on the ground. by ending a war, we have been able to focus our energy and resources on more urgent challenges. there is nothing i can tell you from my conversation with both xi and putin like russian and china would

i commend the courage of all those who served in afghanistan. we grieve 2, 461 americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the longest bar in american history. those lives that were lost during the withdrawal and thank those inside and outside of government who have done so much with afghan families reset in the united states. remember, critics said it would damage our alliances and create threats to our homeland and neither has occurred. neither has occurred. our alliances stay strong. we have used the capabilities to strike in afghanistan and elsewhere when we had. eliminating diswa what hiree. and we did it without putting more american boots on the ground. and by ending the war, we have been able to focus our energy and resources on important urgent challenges. there is nothing i can tell with conversations with putin and xi. russia and china would have liked us to be tied down in afghanistan for another decade. for all those reasons, ending the war was the right thing to do and i believe history will reflect that. from the moment i entered

and today the landscape of southern afghanistan is peta. with open wounds, the nothing was bad, not even the schools the, the use of the battles cause of the destruction rules on the people on the land quotes and across 5 of this all might see power struggle. well the bunk is i'm not the good. are you sending from us medical to move all those bits shandy, patel good, just as good one of them by to use the quarterly to be some of my level of thought . this was the jump and that's not going of could you do go to find them with that practice? do you know about what to because what are the so that we used to learn what was each sign? moved one is has 5, but the, when the focus on the bus and the, the, the tell the to now moving on, which of the, both of the 2 to pick up with the fitness center which data. but i'm just going to pull the path to the top level this out the issue and set up all i could do the cool thing down. it could be that it didn't put up to people for to, to do the trans images from the cities like these were misleading, uncov

banks: i served in afghanistan, you served in afghanistan. 75% of our nation's veterans disagree with how the withdrawal from afghanistan was handled, the embarrassment of it. with that done, i believe -- what that's done, i believe, has impacted the historic recruitment crisis in this country, without a doubt. you have already talked about that. how do we fix it? how do we bring pride back to wearing the uniform for the next generation and inspiring them to do what you and i did, take that oath for our country? mr. hegseth: it comes down to strong, clear leadership, patriotic, pro-american leadership that says we are not going to focus on all the other political progress. we all have political perspectives. i said this before and i will say again, in uniform none of that matters. green, blue, you bleed red. who you vote for doesn't matter. when the perception changes, you don't want people deciding to serve based on -- that is a dangerous thing for continuity inside military. it is fragile right now. president trump, and if i'm confirmed, with my leadership, we will restore the conti

so just this month, in the middle of the the the, the, is let me republic of afghanistan was it. and then a, a, the tunnel button called the new regime the as lennox, m, or of. so that scanner stone, it was built on the bundle of western intervention. what remained to is mice, uh, the set uh. com is the most clear to the man. uh, kind of the case of my thinking with them. um was part of the film was come the north side, a lot of the by the selling for john campbell. okay. they should marson king size monkey license guess 12 o'clock ish, the the done lucian by the house. not the one on the telephone level. she uh, the one up on the bottom of the house, the the latest news? well, the new president for signing executive orders for senate has unanimously confirmed the 1st off president trump cabinet members with detailed coverage. the owners are waiting to hear from trumps new administrations decision on existing trade deals from around the world. the policy of total p says failed to produce strong security results. these fed strengthening the hands of at the time of unprecedented ch

the news continues of the afghanistan and the price of p stay with us. january on alger 0, i've got is the price of p. otherwise is the failure of the us mission to build a stable outcome state. in a new interview series we frame is searching for new conversations and perspectives about the war on cause. an in depth look at the 40 seven's president of the us, donald trump, as he says, to be another rated for his 2nd time. both rise explorers growing global movements . the challenge us to redefine how we see our role on the policy of the board reveals how israel proffers from selling, cutting edge surveillance and military technology around the world using occupied palestinian territory as a testing ground. january on l g 0. the the following, the 911 attacks in 2001 the us retaliated by targeting all kind of basis and that's kind of strong as well as the kind of a regime itself. it is tools and entry and governments on the hand of cause i and the 1st full presidential election for 16 years was plans of 2004, the new as on throwing that again installed ev

many of afghanistan's female players have left the country for their own safety.ss, slippery and morally wrong". i was just really cross with their response, the one they gave to me was the one that we want out to the media. i felt it was non—committal, it didn't show any kind of backbone. i do stand by what i said earlier. i also understand the context in which he's dealing with it. i still think they should be seriously considering a boycott. i made my views clear to him and then he — they made their views very clear about what the consequences of doing such a thing would be. this competition hasn't been around for the last eight years. it happens to be a very big deal for people in pakistan, the pakistani government. i understand the geopolitics of it. there's a wider and bigger issue around women and girls in sport and in afghanistan. if our women cricket players from afghanistan are now living in exile, and most of the men's team are, surely there's something wrong there. staying with cricket, sir clive lloyd, the former west indies captain, says he's very di

i commend the courage of all those who served in afghanistan.2461 americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the longest war in american history, and i grieve those brave service members whose lives were lost during the withdrawal. we also thank those inside and outside of government who have done so much to help thousands of afghan families resettled in the united states. remember, critics said, if we ended the war, it would damage our alliances and create threats to our homeland from foreign direct to terrorism out of a safe haven in afghanistan. neither has occurred, neither has occurred, and our alliances have stayed strong. we've used our over-the-horizon capabilities to strike in afghanistan and elsewhere when we had to, for instance, eliminating zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda who helped orchestrate the september 11th attacks. and we did it without putting more american boots on the ground. and by ending the war, we've been able to focus our energy and resources on more urgent challenges. there is nothing that i can tell you from my co

you profile two ambassadors born in afghanistan. a chinese immigrant who survived the cultural revolution and speaks up against critical race theory. how did you select your subjects? >> we wanted to have a balance. you had kissinger, einstein. but then we also wanted to have people you had never heard of. so i mean, in some ways my favorite is maria dahm. >> a marine born in russia. >> we were in the orphanage until we are four, adopted by a couple in long island. >> she is four years old in siberia, basically in an orphanage. she is adopted by an american family. she comes here and for some reason decides she wants to be a marine and became the first woman ever to be a combat infantryman. you didn't have to be rich and famous. people come here from many backgrounds. >> it does seem curious, though, that you selected someone from ukraine, s■omeone from afghanistan, a female combat veteran. these are all issues that are just beneath the surface in the news cycle that are germane to the argument republicans are having with themselves

and so we not need to stations sizable number american forces in afghanistan. i think if i was head of communications in the white house, i would have mentioned to, to him quietly, maybe maybe see this one like when it comes to afghanistan. well, 2 things. number one, he said that the primary objective was accomplished, but we never really knew what the primary objective is. i s'pose i suspect it was transferring the ex tremendous amount of money from the pockets of the american taxpayers into the coffers of the military industrial complex. if that was the primary objective with no doubt, it was a significant part of it. they were successful, they are. so i think joe biden has been a horrible president and my that yet politically, he has destroyed his own party, completely wiped out his party. they are reeling and they have, they've lost the supreme court, they lost the house, they lost the senate, they lost the white house. joe biden has obliterated his own part.

those are the headlines, but he's continues here on alex's era, off to afghanistan on the price of peace. that's it for me. station, thanks so much and bye for now. to the search it is all for a treasure that's fallen from the sky. the large media, right of approximately 4 kiddos was caught on camera as an into the atmosphere landing in the flow. these are desert of northern charities. the news attracted astronomers, geologists, and treasure hunters from the world over knowing exactly when it fell is a major discovery because we can determine the conditions under which it arrived fresh without terrestrial alteration. then we do right, fill somewhere within a 6 square kilometer area where we are right now. they've only been able to search about 20 percent of it. we're always searching for where we come from. knowing our territory, the solar system is possible to sherry, meter writes that fall in a dry desert i particularly sought after because they degrade very slowly, providing pristine information about the composition and origin of our kind of tree system. the after us special forces k

troops in afghanistan. u.s. troops who died in afghanistan. 2,000. -- 2,465. not over 2,000. 2,465. since world war ii. i asked you to help defend ukraine. you didn't hesitate. kept ukraine in the fight. trained ukrainian soldiers and pilots, troops, bolstered them, and showed the world, america stands up for freedom. stands with our friends. america stands strong with our allies. we never bend down. we bend down to no one. certainly not putin. now, three years later, putin has failed to take kyiv, failed to make large territorial gains, and failed to break -- as a matter of fact, when i spoke on the phone, he said he wanted us to be the finland of europe. i pointed out you not only get the finland of europe you'll get the finland-ization. you'll see europe joining nato. finland joining nato. sweden joining nato. and america's watch -- on america's watch, dictators do not get to do whatever the hell they want. following hamas' triple-october, i asked you, excuse my -- my mother would be upset. i asked you to deploy to the middle east. again, you stepped up. pulling long nights and l

and iran, afghanistan, everything is always new. the existence of the book at all is kind of interesting to me, and i want to know how your con temperature prain yows musings and what future historians came out during your lifetime? >> the purpose is i realize what you just said that so many of the things that i had to deal with that were very serious for president obama to address. and some of them have and iran captured our hostages and developing a nuclear weapon. others are still there. energy. human rights and environment. china, afghanistan, iraq and so forth. go down the list. i said about 40 things i had to address that was still there and one of the reasons i wanted to write the book. i was surprised of how frank and unadull tear rated about individuals that i had to face in the future or looking back on before i made mistakes and i thought it would be the unique and i use that word carefully, unique picture of what the presidency is from the point of view from someone holding that office. i hadn't been in politics very lon

it was down to the second but it was reminiscent of afghanistan. it was a war zone. >> i remember going through -- and the height of the iraq war and that was dangerous but seeing what these folks went through trying to escape the flames. nobody was shooting at them but it looked as dangerous. did i hear you correctly? good your watering down act as a firing break? >> you can see the flames approached the home and the water line, you can see where it stopped and see where it went up the hill and attack the other homes. yes, that is correct. >> i have seen devastation like this before, never experienced that myself and obviously your home survive. this happens sometimes when you are in a firefight, there is this idea of survivor's guilt. i know you say you wish you could have done more but you did save homes below you on the fire line. what do you say to your neighbors? do you think you will be them again? you think people will rebuild and leave? >> i am still talking to my neighbors every day. the firefighting is still going on. we are part of the

in afghanistan as well reportedly in the year 2009.nforcement officials being very careful about drawing any conclusions and really treating both of these incidents as separate. christian: they didn't talk about really in that press conference, motive. >> absolutely right. we do not have a motive from law enforcement officials at this point. i think that is really something that so many have questions about. one official did say something that i found striking here in the press conference in las vegas one hour ago, and they said it is not lost on them that this incident in las vegas took place in front of the trump hotel, trump building, and it involves a tesla vehicle. the ceo of tesla of course is elon musk, who has forged a very close relationship with the president-elect as of late. he has been very visible, heading up, along with vivek ramaswamy, the department of government efficiency, aimed at cutting back federal spending. his presence in this feature administration has not been welcomed necessarily by all. christian: the truck

these are individuals that 20 years ago when we went into afghanistan, we promised them that we woulduld provide a home for them if that came to be. and now the country is going back on its promise. and so as america wants to be a leader in the world, we need to keep our promises. and eliminating refugee resettlement is an example of us not doing that. but essentially for for refugees, for migrants. the us is now shut down. is that correct? that's correct. he has placed a four month ban for refugees. he did this last time around as well. and then he reduced the number of refugees coming into the country significantly, essentially eliminating the programme. president trump has also been justifying his decision to pardon more than 1500 supporters who stormed the us capitol building onjanuary 6th 2021. up until a few days ago many within the trump administration did not know the scale of what the president was planning. what we got was a near blanket pardoning with around a dozen people having their sentences commuted. mr trump had described the punishments as "ridiculous and excessive",

but people predicted once we left afghanistan it would harm our alliances. our alliances are at historic high thaisms predicted that we would have a safe haven in afghanistan for plotting terrorist attacks against the american homeland. terrorism remains a very real concern. but president biden pointed out before he pulled out that it's a more diffuse and metastasized threat, including the kind of homegrown violent extremism we saw on display in new orleans in january. in fact over the course of these four years, we have seen president biden, that was the first terrorist attack that has happened on american soil, that was not connected to afghanistan as far as we know. it was connected to inspiration from isis. so president biden believes that the decision he took has left america in a profoundly stronger position and he'll explain in his speech today why he think that's case. reporter: can you talk at all about the unified u.s. approach between your administration and the incoming? and 40-plus years ago when president reagan took over, there was a perceptio

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it was the domestic in the us led campaign in afghanistan for the last 20 years. i've gotten sort of a trail abandoned by the west the, the telephone and that supports us with through to see the west withdrawal. it was the opportunity they've been waiting for the deed to surely assess other stuff and kind of to, to say somebody came to calvin with the state of do to, to not assume i'm need to add. i mean, and i see, would you agree with the best the, the ones that are still carolina to live kind of did with the distance for television rose from the chaos that followed the end of the soviet occupation in the 1996. the us got involved on to the 911 attacks in 2001, attacking outside to the tunnel. yvonne as though they were one of the same by 2000 with 860000 troops from 40 different countries, were on the ground, the song. it was the most hybrid military coalition in history. but the tunnel sort back. when you summed human cost of this, it is, it can only be described as a tragedy. there are plenty of lessons to learn. the question is, are we actually going to do t

back in afghanistan.here jake sullivan says we did a great thing leaving. >> lawrence: he used the abbreviation, talking about the connection to usama bin laden. we know back in usama bin laden days, when they releasing folks they went back to the battlefield. >> brian: taliban five. lawrence do we want to do the same thing all over again? that's going to be something the president-elect is going to have to weigh in. >> ainsley: j.d. vance interviewed talking about the hostages in gaza. he says there will be a deal struck for some release of some of the hostages. they are trying to work out some sort of a deal over the next few days that could happen this week? >> brian: over in doha meeting right now steve witkoff back and forth with bill mcguirk trying to get there make sure hamas is wind out. netanyahu talked to president biden yesterday and at which time he says i need a cease-fire stay out of rafah. enough done, don't go in and now you see when you ignore joe biden how much better you do so my sense

how many people lost their job for th failures in afghanistan? many people lost their job for purchasing the wrong air point or building the wrong building that wasn't used? we identify some of the people who should have been held accountable, particularly with d.o.d., they said that's not an issue, we can't do anything about that. airplanes that didn't fly, buildings that melted, buildings that were built, 64,000 square foot headquarters down at camp leather neck that nobody wanted but the general who okayed it said we have to spend money because it was in a supplemental appropriations bill that cost millions of dollars. it is ridiculous what we created. the fear is this is going to happen again unless we do something about it. >> john, come back when you file your final report. we would love to talk more about this. it's a real tragedy. thank you so much. we'll be right back. >> thank you. insure our last lead, the louisiana department of health today reports the first human death due to bird flu in the united states. the patient was more than

and you serve in afghanistan. veterans disagree with how the withdrawal from afghanistan was handled,as the embarrassment of it" on has directly impacted historic recruitment crisis in this country without a doubt and departed talked about that, how we fix this? bring pride back to wearing the uniform for the next generation and inspire them to do what united to raise our hand and settled. >> it comes back to strong, clear ship. patriotic american leadership that says we are not going to focus on all the political. we all have political perspectives. i also say this again, in uniform, none of that matters. the green, blue, please let. do you but work doesn't matter but when the perception of that changes and you don't want people deciding whether to serve a political party in t power, is a dangerous thing for continuity and america and its fragile right now. president trump and if confirmed, restore the continuity of a political military the acts decisively and only based on merit. they are d fundamental. >> you a

and where does this leave those that are in afghanistan . those that are in afghanistan that were ready in danger?— lives in danger? there are that under threat _ lives in danger? there are that under threat every _ lives in danger? there are that under threat every day. - lives in danger? there are that under threat every day. many l under threat every day. many are in hiding and look, it's kind of luck of the draw, the last administration got hundred and 93,000 afghans to our shores safely. —— 193,000. and 93,000 afghans to our shores safely. ——193,000. but there are more than 200,000 left and these are allies who stood with us, people who protected our national interest and we know the president trump values loyalty, we know he cares about making a deal so we are hoping that this is a mistake and he is willing to come to the negotiating table and make a deal to help these faults to prove the loyalty to us over and over and over again and that's why more than 800 americans including over 500 veterans and frontline civilians cid open letter before the drop administration took over sayi

the withdrawal from afghanistan.ck and a lot of things republicans say need to change. >> the facts look at it differently. the taliban is back in charge in afghanistan after 20 years of blood and treasure left there by americans who have a major land war in europe. the red sea shipping there has been completely shut down by this rag tag group of houthis that are backed by the iranians, iran enriching uranium at exponential rate and americans have been held hostage underground in gaza for more than 400 days under this president very clear a lot of these moves were made because america is weak as a result of the president unable to make strong statements and take strong action show appeasement is not something that works but instead action. >> bret: juan, there is hope springs eternal for hostage deal and cease-fire but we have seen that before and kind of like charlie brown and lucy and the football being yanked away, it seems when these deals fall apart. >> right, we have some reason for encouragement. the israelis

forces from afghanistan.but nevertheless, he did say it was important to him that he keep his promise of ending the presence of american forces there and not handing off that war to his successor. but i will say, as we are talking about in the big picture, this victory lap that he is taking on foreign policy and trying to cement his legacy. i think we just have to be realistic about the fact that, you know, if it is president biden's right to make this kind of a speech, it is also incoming president donald trump's right to ignore every piece of advice that president biden might be trying to give him on ukraine. he said, you know, we can't walk away now on china, he said it is better for the u.s. to deal with china alongside its its alliances and allies. president trump doesn't have to do anything with that. and i think that is going to be a reality that president biden, of course, knows very well and is going to be a bitter pill for him to swallow, given that he didn't want to be passing the baton back to don

troops in afghanistan, u.s. troops have died in afghanistan, 2,465.largest war in europe since world war ii, i asked you to help defend ukraine. you didn't hesitate, you kept ukraine in the fight, trained ukrainian soldiers and pilots, bolstering nato's flank and above all, you showed the world america stands up for freedom, stands with our friend, america stands strong with our allies.. we never bend down, we bend down to no one, certainly not putin. and now nearly 3 years later, putin has failed to take kyiv, fail today make large territorial gain and i talked to him on the phone, he wanted us to be the finland of europe. i pointed out to him at the time for real that you are not only going to get the finland of europe, but the finalization, not of europe, you are going to see europe joining nato. finland joining nato, sweden joining nato and america's watch dictators do not get to do whatever the hell they want and following hamas terrorist attack, i asked you, excuse my back by the way, my mother would be very upset. i asked you to deploy to the m

one of the same by 2000 the dates. 60000 troops from 40 different countries were on the ground in afghanistan. it was the most hybrid military coalition in history but the tunnel bottom sort back. when you some the human cost of this it is, it can only be described as a tragedy. there are plenty of lessons to learn. the question is, are we actually going to do the learning that gets jo, say is go, they started out because they can come by to, you know, get installed, some uh, security policy is christopher. yeah. but, but we started the 2009 was a bloody from new to troops. 512 were killed. and more than 2000 wounded in the united states, the white house screw inpatient waiting for the military to deliver a winning strategy. we searched general stanley mcchrystal, the man who personify the military efforts cold for more troops. gentlemen, crystal, do you believe this is a winnable war and against and for ourselves in our african allies? so i believe it is winnable, but i don't think it will be easily winnable. the white house complied with under the trees, demands, and this moment would go do