. >> we went to welcome back dan caldwell. he is joining us from virginia, serving as a senior advisor for concerned veterans for america. he is also with stand together. guest: thanks for having me. host: let me begin with the u.s. troops pull out from afghanistan and the president meeting with afghanistan leaders yesterday. what are your biggest concerns? guest: that -- president biden made the right decision to end our military mission in afghanistan. we accomplished what we needed to long ago by punishing the taliban and killing osama bin laden. everything we have tried to do beyond that, trying to turn afghanistan into the illiberal democracy, has been unnecessary and resulted in unnecessary losses of life and expenditure of resources that could have been used elsewhere. i am very supportive of what president biden has done. my main concern right now is withdrawal will be spoiled by other actors. the people will try to slow down the withdrawal, members of the afghan government or here at home. but i am focused on is ensur

host: dan caldwell, your thoughts?uest: i love coming on the show and taking these questions because you see such a diversity of experiences at the v.a., and that just shows that it is important to give veterans of flexibility and choice in their benefits. if you are not having a good experience at the v.a., even though you've had good ones in the past, having that flexibility to take your benefits elsewhere ultimately improves the v.a. by incentivizing them to get better and ensures the veterans can get the health care they need which is best for them and ultimately enables them to get it in a timely matter -- manner which is most convenient for them. the solution is not a top-down approach that tries to force veterans into ba hospitals -- v.a. hospitals is to give them choice and flexibility to tailor their health care and benefits to what is best for them, and that is what will ultimately enable more veterans to succeed and to live fulfilling and complete lives. host: we have a tweet from rick saying, please ask his

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. >> we went to welcome back dan caldwell.om virginia, serving as a senior advisor for concerned veterans for america. he is also with stand together. guest: thanks for having me. host: let me begin with the u.s. troops pull out from afghanistan and the president meeting with afghanistan leaders yesterday. what are your biggest concerns? guest: that -- president biden made the right decision to end our