>> well, first of all, i would like to echo ron neumann and clare said about the narrative. it is hard to boil afghanistan down to, you know, bullet points or, you know, talking points that are easily sort of painting, you know, a sort of simple narrative or a simple solution set. it just doesn't lend itself to that, and it is an extraordinarily complex environment when you have 35-plus years of conflict and whether it's the -- whether it was the war against the soviets or the civil war, then the taliban, and now the last 13 years, it has created a degree of complexity. it's really hard for people to understand. i've been dealing with afghanistan for seven consecutive years now and every time i go back to afghanistan, you realize how much you truly just do not understand. and when you look at the taliban, it's -- it's interesting on the one hand, you know, there's -- this is part of the kplext, yeah, i mentioned the abhorrent nature of their rule. i've been fire fights with the taliban. i've certainly -- i have six good soldiers of mine were kill by the taliban and over 50 w

but i would like to thank all three ron neumann, clare, and -- for your participation and sharing your views with us. thank you. [ applause ] next a senate commerce subcommittee hearing on looking what is being done to update the nation's communication network. witnesses included the fcc chief technology office and industry experts. in is an hour and a half. which suddenly disappears. but it didn't go anywhere, you know, because at our core it was still there. and the biggest national idea for russia during all those years was the victory day. that is our main nation holiday, and that's what units the whole nation is the fight. and how it was presented to the nation by president putin is in ukraine, those are western sponsor fascists that came to power, and illustrated that with flags of former ukrainian liberation army who were -- during world war ii. he used it to prove these are fascists who are fighting against both russia and ukrainian nation. we are looking just to protect russia or russian-speaking minority. no. for the overwhelming majority of russians, we are continuing world