senators, senator joe manchin kyrsten sinema jon tester mark warner jeanne shaheen, catherine cortez masto, i've moderate democrats from the house were in that meeting representative josh gottheimer who for speaker pelosi to schedule a vote on the senate passed by parts infrastructure bill for next monday. also there was steve horshford congresswoman stephanie murphy, congressmen mike thomson, and congresswoman suzan delbene. who will be our first guest tonight. and she will tell us everything that was said in that room. and after that meeting president biden met with a group of more liberal senators and house members. senator bernie saners chairman of the budget committee, ron wyden chairman of the finance committee, cory booker, patty murray, brian schatz the house members attending the meeting of the liberal groups were congresswoman pramila jayapal, congressmen jim mcgovern the chair of the rules committee,

shaheen: thank you. i appreciate my colleague from texas being willing to turn over the floor so that i can give my remarks. mr. president, i'm here today to discuss my concerns about the ongoing partisan obstruction in the senate. first as everyone here knows, september 30 is the end of the current fiscal year, and without action by this senate on a continuing resolution so the mechanism to continue to fund the government, our government is going to shut down at midnight on the 1st. so what happens if we don't pass that continuing resolution and government shuts down? well, critical operations will shutter. we've seen this picture before. our national parks will close. we can tell our government researchers including nobel prize-winning scientists to leave their labs and we would be doing this in the middle of the greatest health crisis of our lifetime. a government shutdown also means that we ask essential federal workers to work without pay. f.b.i. agents, border patrol agents, t.s.a. workers, weather

and so that really goes to the point that sen jeanne shaheen was raising that there was not the same public outcry. now that there is a democratic president in place, her point is why are we also. busy upset, but she also did raise her own concerns about what is happening in afghan, stan now, particularly to women and to girls who have seen a marked improvement in their lifestyle in the past 20 years. i'll be it because of the war that was started by the united states after the september 11th attacks manufacture date i was 0, wasn't georgia state department correspondent, reporting live f from capitol hill. the tunnel bomb says it's committed to getting every send to the emergency aid promised by donors to afghans who needed. the united nations drummed up more than a $1000000000.00 in pledges on monday. it was the 1st high level conference i've gone on since the taliban seized power. the groups takeover has compounded fears of economic collapse and famine. we assure the international community that we're pleased to hear about the pledge committed to have kind of stand. at the same ti

counties done and be given representation within the united nations that nominated mohammed saeed shaheen, who is presently in law as the new un representative. but the un has got a protocol in dealing with matters where membership is disputed, and that is a 9 person credentials committee. that committee has to sit. i look at the various parties involved in the dispute and rule on who is viable for membership of the united nations. but he is the rub is simply not time, it is believed for the credentials committee to meet in coming days. that takes much longer to set up, so there's no chance, what's the weather that telephone representative will be arriving before the un general assembly period is over. as growing outrage after an al jazeera news crew called us border agents on horseback appearing to assault patient migrants in texas, the department of homeland security says offices involved have been reassigned to administrative duties. heretical have has the basis from capitol hill in this country. the, these are the al jazeera pictures causing outreach across the united states desperate

and the point that senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire was making is that when the trumpet ministration reached the deal with the tall bond just about a year and a half ago to what actually have us forces leave afghanistan once and for all. there wasn't that same hue and cry that you are seeing here in washington right now . you didn't see people objecting to the secretary of state at the time mike on pale meeting, and doha with molo borrowed are the putative leader of the telephone that was engaged in negotiations with us at that time. signing an agreement, shaking hands, posing for photos. shaheen. point is that if people are so upset about the us engaging with the taliban, which is listed as a terrorist group under the specially just needed terrorist group organization list . then where was that criticism a year ago? and so now what you see is a secretary of state trying to defend the administration's handling of situation, which he has repeatedly said was just handed to them with nothing having been done . when they came into office on january 20th, that's certainly not going overwh

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asked to address were leaders that the general assembly this week in doha based bozeman, the hell shaheen has been named as the african ambassador to the u. n. the african envoy seat is contested by google and isaac side representative of afghan histones government ousted last month. a committee will meet to decide who to accept as the countries us. as a condemnation knocked out as a video of us border patrol agents on horseback, aggressively pushing back migraines went viral. the un says the white house policy of deporting haitians could be in violation of international law. the more people have been forced on their homes, often new volcanic vents blew open on one of spain's canary items. rivers of lava have been flooding across la palmer since an erection on sunday. more than $190.00 homes have been destroyed and the residence price, threats them, toxic gas is lakes and acid rake. those were the headlines. the news continues now to 0 after 1. 1 is that you've been watching, we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so now you take, it will bring you th

hot base spokesman, the hell shaheen has been named as the african i'm baffled to the us. the invoice seat is contested by google and i saw a representative of a gallons down government out of last month. a committee will decide who to accept that condemnation after a video of us border patrol agents on horseback, aggressively pushing back to margaret's went viral. un says the white house policy of supporting haitian could be a violation of international law. so downs governing sovereign council says, foil the crew attempt. it says 20 officers and the number of soldiers have been arrested. not being questioned. they tried to take control of several government buildings, including state t, v, and radio. the european court of human rights as rule that russia is responsible for the 2006 killing of alexander and ben young code. it was a former russian spy who defect to britain. he died after being poisoned with polonium 210 red radioactive substance. russia has always denied involvement. police in the u. k. say that charging a 3rd russian suspect in connection with a nerve age

to al jazeera taliban spokesmen this hail. shaheen says they want the constitution to be inclusive constitution is a need of a safety guarantee. in atlanta sunday, i was what june? because of lack of constitution. now the farmer and kings time constitution announced to be open to is on $1010.00 basis. we will work on a new constitution in a free at once. the error in an independent of one is done. we are intending all basic rights of the avalon people will be enshrined in the coming constitution. the world health organization is promising reform and accountability after dozens of allegations of sexual abuse by work is sent to find a bola in democratic republic of congo. and the agencies head has apologized to victims lab from the volcano in the spanish island of the home. i have now reached the atlantic ocean, a huge cloud of toxic vapor and gas has been released into the air as the lava mixes with water. japan's vote for a new prime minister has gone to a run off after the 4 candidates found. so when a majority majority in the initial vote, whoever wins will take over as prime minister and the

with us now is senator jeanne shaheen. thank you for coming. i know it's noisy there.y to come to a deal? >> i think it was a productive meeting, and i don't think anybody wants to kill the reconciliation bill and the infrastructure bill. people have worked too hard on that. we ought to be able to get to a compromise. i think that's what serve aiming for and what i count on happening so i expect we'll continue the discussions and come to some sort of an agreement. >> i want to talk to you about immigration and haiti. the special envoy quitting writing i will not be socialed with the united states inhumane decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees to haiti where american officials are confined to secure compounds because of the danger posed by armed gangs in control of daily life. jen psaki just pushed back. let's listen to her. >> i would note that special envoy foot had ample opportunity to raise concerns about migration and never once did so. his per view was being the special envoy on the ground. his positions were and his views put forward and heard. differe

the hell. shaheen has been named as the afghan and baffled to the united nations. the envoys seat is contested . by my success, i. a representative of afghanistan's government asked at last month, a committee will now decide who to accept as a condemnation, after hours was there a video of us border patrol agents on horseback. aggressively pushing back migrants went viral. the un says the white house policy of deporting haitians could be in violation of international law. sedans, governing southern council says it's foiled. a co attempt to on offices and soldiers have been arrested under being questioned. they tried to take control of several government institutions, including the state, t, v, and radio. the european court of human rights as rule that russia is responsible for the 2006 killing of foremost by alexander when he died after being poisoned with polonium. 210, a red radioactive substance. russia has always denied involvement. police in the u . k. say they're charging a 3rd russian suspect in connection with another agent attack on another former russian

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, secretary blinken for appearing before the committee today. i appreciate and share the frustration of my colleagues over the challenges with the evacuation over the situation of special immigrant visa and the taliban's treatment of women and other minorities. i agree with your assessment that where we were when we got to that evacuation was because of the failure of both democratic and republican administrations. and i want to know where that outrage was when year after year for 10 years starting with senator mccain i and others in the senate tried to get more special immigrant visa applicants through the process so that they could leave afghanistan, leave the threat and come to the united states and there were a few republicans in the senate who blocked us year after year from getting more siv applicants to the united states. i want to know where that outrage was during the negotiations by the trump administration and former secretary pompeo when they were giv

so hale shaheen. he said that these talks that also involved discussions of about attracting more humanitarian assistance course. we know that the countries have been very much lynchpin between the new taliban government and the international community and trying to come to some sort of resolution with respect to beginning to end this crisis. something that the humanitarian world, the un described as potentially being a humanitarian catastrophe. at the moment it's all about getting as much aid into this country as possible. the taliban says women in afghanistan can continue to go to university, as long as they're in gender, segregated classrooms. the higher education minister says, universities must use separate buildings for males and females. and the subjects being taught will come under review. a compulsory slamming dress code will also be introduced for women on campus. the 1st of what is expected to be several documents of the f, b i's investigation into the 911 attacks has been released. they de

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you secretary blinken for appearing for the committee today. i appreciate and share the frustration of my colleagues over the challenges with the evacuation, over the situation of special immigrant visa applicants and the taliban treatment of women and girls and other mine oorities and i also agree that assessment and given by several others that where we were when we got that that evacuation was because of the failure of both democratic and republican administrations. and i want to know where that outrage was when year after year for ten years starting with senator mccain, i and others in the senate tried to get more special immigrant visa applicants through the process so that they could leave afghanistan, leave the threat and come to the united states. and there were a few republicans in the senate who blocked us year after year from getting more siv applicants to the united states. and i want to know where that outrage was during the negotiations by the trump administrat

the very day that the cruz-shaheen bipartisan sanctions were signed into law. not the next day, not the next week. that day we stopped the pipeline in its tracks. but, mr. president, it was not only stopped for one day. it was stopped for more than a year. for december of 19, for january, february, march, every month in 2020, the pipeline lay dormant. it was a piece of metal at the bottom of the ocean. so the claim that we cannot stop this pipeline is flat out false because we did. and by the way, when the senator from oregon said the trump administration couldn't stop this pipeline, that again is just incorrect. when the president signed the legislation, the pipeline was stopped that day. it remained stopped for over a year. and when did putin return to building this pipeline? the date is important. putin returned to building the nord stream 2 pipeline on january 24, 2021. four days after joe biden was sworn into office. and he did so because joe biden and his team had already conveyed weakness that they would not enforce u.s. sanctions law, and that they woul

so hale shaheen. he said that these talks, it also involved discussions of about attracting more humanitarian assistance course. we know that the countries have been very much lynchpin between the new taliban government and the international community and trying to come to some sort of resolution with respect to beginning to end this crisis. something that the humanitarian world, the un described as potentially being a humanitarian catastrophe. at the moment it's all about getting as much aide into this country as possible. you let me take you to vienna and a press conference being held by the director of the international atomic energy authority. rafael grossi, it's the i. e. a is going to be allowed to install a new memory cards and monitoring equipment, a key atomic sites in iran, in a new agreement. let's listen into what is really important issues that we need to solve. and i think that was, that was solved perhaps so your questions, we can get some or interesting aspects on it. i want to just st

the hail shaheen has been named as the african ambassador to the united nations. the african invoice seat is contested by isaac sy, a representative of again it's don, government ousted last month. a committee will meet to decide who to accept as the countries unit condemnation to 0. a video of us before the patrol. agents on horseback, aggressively pushing back migrants went viral. un top official on refugees. the lighthouse policy of deporting patients could be in violation of international law . the more people have been forced on their homes, often new volcanic vents, blue open on one of spain, canary islands, rivers of lava happen flooding across la paloma since interruption on sunday. more than 190 homes have been destroyed. residents face threats from toxic gases. volcanic ash, earthquakes and acid rain. well, those are the headlines. the news continues here on august era of interest story statement, thanks so much bye. me. ah ah, it was seen as a hair one. let me get aside the whole loose as well. now spend the next 25 years in jail for terrorism. what led

so hale shaheen. he said that these talks, it also involved discussions of about attracting more humanitarian assistance course. we know that the countries have been very much lynchpin between the new taliban government and the international community and trying to come to some sort of resolution with respect to beginning to end this crisis. something that the humanitarian world, the un described as potentially being a humanitarian catastrophe. at the moment it's all about getting as much aid into this country as possible. a model on couple on is the head of policy analysis at the center for research and policy studies. he explains, caught us role in rebuilding afghans on, on the taliban rule, a link. this is somehow a continuation of actor or the forgotten issue. you know, it started actually a few years ago and it ended with agreement on the was with all of that. now, you can do this all by trying actually to reach out to tony and try to bridge this guy actually between party brand national communit

has requested that its own representative be recognized and heard from the united nations to hail shaheen, who served as the taliban mediator and peace talks in. doha has been put forward as they are nominee, but the credentials committee that is responsible for recognizing the officials has yet to meet on this subject or on me and mar, so we have yet to get an answer from them. but the russian made it known over the weekend survey, la rob, the foreign minister of russia, speaking on saturday, gave the opinion that i did not speak for afghanistan any more given. he was nominated by a president who's left the country and is no longer in charge at the same time, the west has been very reluctant to recognise the taliban officially at the united nations, given that many members of the government are still on the international sanctions left among other concerns, so at this stage, it looks like until the question of who can represent afghanistan is settled that there will be no one speaking on behalf of the country here at the general assembly and christian off to the events that we've seen ov

so hale shaheen. he said that these talks, it also involved discussions of about attracting more humanitarian assistance course. we know that the countries have been very much linchpin between the new taliban government and the international community and trying to come to some sort of resolution with respect to beginning to end this crisis. something that the humanitarian world, the un described as potentially being a humanitarian catastrophe. at the moment it's all about getting as much aid into this country as possible. around stepping up cooperation with the world's nuclear watchdog having imposed restrictions on inspectors since february, the international atomic energy agency will be allowed to install new memory cards at key atomic sites and be able to continue filming. and when comes out of what's been described as constructive talks with the agencies head, raphael grossi, he's been on his 1st visit to the since abraham rice became president last month. the continuity of the operation of the a

so hale shaheen as the african ambassador to the united nations. the request was made in a letter to the secretary general on monday. but the country seat is already taken by a united nations official who was put in the post just 2 months ago. a committee including members from the us, china, and russia, will meet to the side who will serve and staying with the taliban. the group says it hopes to allow teenage girls to return to school quote, as soon as possible. it's given no timeline though for allowing them to resume classes or for that matter for women to go back to work. the group says it's drafting rules to allow their return under islam make guidelines on saturday, some african girls return to primary schools with gender segregated classes. the interim government announced the list of deputy ministers on tuesday to use it. we know that we are trying to strengthen the cabinet further and god willing women will be appointed to certain positions in the necessary section. and one day we will announce their names here. in the case of female stude

and in an exclusive statement to al jazeera on taliban spokesmen to hail shaheen says they still intend to create a new inclusive constitution. constitution is a need of a safety guarantee in one sunday was what june? because of the lack of constitution. now the farmer and kings time constitution announced to be open to is on $1010.00 basis. we will work on a new constitution in a free at once. the error in an independent applying is done. we are intending all basic rights of the avalon people will be enshrined in the coming constitutions. the rest of the day and the head of the world health organization is promising. we're phones and accountability after allegations of sexual abuse by work is sent to fight a bowler in democratic republic of congo. the un agency is apologize to victims following a report which is described as harrowing and heartbreaking it date out at least a few cases of abuse by w. h o. employees and i work a separate investigations into the same allegations have been launched by unicef and the international organization for migration. i'm sorry, i'm sorry for what wa

so hale shaheen. he said that these talks, it also involved discussions of about attracting more humanitarian assistance course. we know that the countries have been very much lynch pin between the new taliban government and the international community and trying to come to some sort of resolution with respect to beginning to end this crisis. something that the humanitarian world, the un described as potentially being a humanitarian catastrophe. at the moment it's all about getting as much aid into this country as possible. you in saying that if indeed that assistance doesn't derive soon, we could be looking at 98 to 100 percent of this population around 38000000 people potentially being under the poverty line by next year. so we can, we can understand these discussions, obviously very and pull and, and potentially will have a huge impact on millions of lives inside afghanistan. and a lot of that international, a dependent on how the taliban, the interim governments of the taliban deals with issues li

the taliban requesting that another man be recognized as a spokesperson for the government to hail shaheen. they had requested credentials for him to speak, so there was some debate over what would and what should happen here. but these are so i was the is the officially recognized representative the country until the credentials committee needs. and that's not expected to happen until after the general assembly. so that's why we were expecting to hear from him over the weekend . we did hear from the russian foreign minister who sits on the credential committee, confirming that there were no plans to meet until in the coming weeks, but also expressing the view that is our side didn't speak for the government anymore. of course. chef ghani, who named him, has left the country and taliban now in charge. so all of this playing out behind the scenes, we were not given a reason for afghanistan withdrawing its name from the credential from the speakers list. but this is the background of that lead up to that the debate over who should properly speak on behalf of the country. well, israel's prime

result of these and other steps, including working with congress, especially this committee sen, shaheen and others. by may, we had reduce the average processing time for special and business. by more than one year. even a mid, a covert surgeon cable. we continued to issue visas and we went from issuing about $100.00 special, a 1000000 pieces per week in march to more than $1000.00 per week in august. when our evacuation and relocation effort began. that emergency evacuation was sparked by the collapse of the afghan security forces and government throughout the year. we were constantly assessing their staying power and considering multiple scenarios . even the most pessimistic assessments did not predict that the government forces enough in capital would class when u. s. while u. s. forces remain, they were focused on what would happen after united states withdrew from september onward. as general mili, the chairman, the joint chiefs of staff has said nothing. i or anyone else saw, indicated a collapse of this army. and the government in 11 days. nonetheless, we planned and exercised a w

this at the un general assembly this week, though her bag spokesmen shall have sir hale while the shaheen has been named as the african baset to be nice nations. but the thief is contested spyglass as oxide, a representative of a gun, assad government, which was alfred last month. a committee will decide who to accept. i think condemnation after algebra video of the us border patrol agents on horseback aggressively pushing back migrants went viral. the un says whitehouse policy of deporting haitians could be a violation of international law. more people have been forced from the homes after a new volcanic vent. blue opened on one of spain's canary islands. rivers of lava had been flowing across the palm lessons interruption on sunday. egyptian general who took charge following the arab spring uprisings 10 years ago has died. hussein can tell we was a he 5, he served as egypt defense minister for more than 2 decades. people imagine tina a low longer required to masks outdoors is covered. 19 deaths and infections continue to fall. the number of people allowed him to restaurants. not tubs wi

the un general assembly this week. reuters news agencies reporting the doha based spokesman sales . shaheen has been named as the african ambassador to the united nations. the request was made in a letter to us 2nd general antonio attended on monday. the african invoice is contested by do i fax i, a representative of again, it's down, government ousted last month. a 9 member credentials committee, including members from the us, china and russia. when meet to decide who to accept the countries un about us going forward. well the us 2nd to general and many well leaders called on the international community to protect the rights of women and girls. enough again, it's done while meetings and side events in new york discuss gender equality. there are signs those rights are being reduced on the taliban. rule to zeros, christian salumi has more. the caliban has replaced the women's affairs ministry in afghanistan with what it calls the guardians of vice. and virtue and young women have been ordered to stay home from school, at least for now. but some are taken to the streets in protest, while othe

serving as the representative for the taliban in doha, as the ambassador for the country sou hill, shaheen. but right now the us officially recognizes the former and the master, who was named by sheriff donny as ambassador. and until the credentials committee meets the way things work here at the united nations is that there's any dispute over who represents a country. it comes down to the so called credentials committee, and that's a committee that consists of 9 member states. and those states include the united states, russia and china, who again, are taking place in this, this meeting right now as we speak of the permanent 5. this meeting of the credentials committee were told is not expected to take place until after the general debate. so it doesn't look likely that the taliban will have a chance to address this meeting, but it's an issue that clearly the big powers are grappling with right now and back in when the taliban was last in power in 1996 to 2001 the un didn't recognize the taliban, but again, because of the economic situation, a lot of concern that not recognizing them or n

with me are faiza shaheen, political commentator and former labour parliamentary candidate and nonresidentellow at new york university. and also with me is rob merrick, who's deputy political editor at the independent. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the daily mail's front page reflects that motorists panic—buying fuel brought much of britain to a standstill today. the times reports the country faced chaotic scenes today with four—hour queues at the borders and protests that blocked the port of dover. it may only be approaching the end of september, but the daily mirror says britain faces a festive crisis in shops due to the shortage of hgv drivers. according to the financial times, borisjohnson has bowed to months of pressure from business by authorising a temporary visa scheme covering up to 10,000 foreign workers to ease a shortage of lorry drivers that has caused widespread disruption. the daily telegraph reports up to 5000 temporary visas are expected to be granted for hgv drivers, while the i says the mod is on standby to send troops to fuel depots if needed. and the daily s

legislation passed in 2019 and the second wave of cruz-shaheen bipartisan legislation passed in 2020 president trump imposed. what did joe biden do? waived it. what did joe biden do? ignored the law. what did joe biden do? give a multi-billion-dollar gift to putin. so if any democratic meant a word they said about russia, we ought to see them standing here. you will note the democratic side of the floor is largely empty. but not only is joe biden's rhetoric and the democrats' rhetoric on russia not matched by their action, but we also know that biden's actions don't meet the democrats' rhetoric on climate. now, what i want to address now is environmentalism and climate. which president biden and the left tells us are existential issues. there is nothing mattering more, they say, than climate change. that if we don't fight climate change, nebraska is going to be under water, they tell us. they say we need to follow the example of our european allies and agreements like the paris accords. but the nord stream 2 pipeline will grind any european energy transition to a halt by making the e

senators jeanne shaheen and susan collins demanded accountability in a letter to antony blinken aftertate department employees were denied treatment of walter reed. if this were a soldier injured on the battlefield. there would be no question about getting his or her term. matic brain injury treated new legislation will provide reimbursement for medical bills associated with havana syndrome. i consider this to be an attack. on the united states of america. more than 200 officials have experienced these apparent brain injuries, including a member of cia director william burns his team on a recent trip to india staff working for vice president kamala harris were targeted on a recent trip to vietnam. it's real. it's affecting our officers is affecting others around the community and in government and we're going to figure it out. the cia has enlisted members of the team that hunted bin laden to figure out who is behind these attacks. and if they've shared these weapons with other adversaries at the pentagon, jennifer griffin fox news. we don't have a voice anymore. they make laws in here

the conditions i saw in the ensuing years convinced me that i was wrong, and i, like senator shaheen, was one of those that felt that president trump was wrong to enter into an agreement to withdraw. i thought president biden was wrong to continue with that agreement to withdraw, and, of course, i was appalled by the disastrous withdrawal process itself. for us today, however, i guess i'd like to focus more on the moral stain of leaving people behind and understand what we can do to make sure that we are not leaving people behind. i understand we're down to a small number of americans. it's hard to know how many are left behind. but in terms of legal permanent residence, is your priority just as high to get them out as it is to get out citizens or is there a different level of commitment for a legal permanent resident's return to the united states relative to a citizen? >> senator, our number one priority is american citizens. and that has, i think, long been the case. in this situation, in afghanistan, in this emergency evacuation, in afghanistan, we did everything we could as well t

you heard from senate shaheen pointing to mike pompeo, ignoring her questions about getting women atnegotiating table with the tal taliban. she was clearly frustrated about what the trump administration did to get the biden administration where they are. she spoke about the need to work together to get the rest of the afghans out of the country. and secretary blinken also answered direct questions about the relationship, the taliban, and al qaeda saying that relationship is not yet severed. >> so nic, on the ground for us in kabul. plus your years of perspective covering this issue. let's start with the blinken point that another five years or ten years, there's not going to make any difference. that's an argument you could probably sell given the history of corruption. the history of incompetence in zbarn. there are some who said when you came into office and realized the trump administration, if you accept the biden view, didn't leave you a detailed plan. why didn't you say we need five more months or six more months? would that have sold to the taliban or caused chaos? >> it certa

result of these and other steps, including working with congress, especially this committee, senator shaheen and others, by may, we had reduced the average processing time for special immigrant visas by more than one year. even amid a covid surge in kabul, we continue to process visas. we went from processing 100 per week to more than 1000 per week in august. that emergency evacuation was a spark either collapse of the afghan security forces and government. throughout the year, we were constantly assessing their staying power and considering multiple scenarios. even the most pessimistic assessments did not predict that the government forces in kabul would collapse while u.s. forces remained. they were focused on what would happen after the united states withdrew, from september onward. as general milley has said, nothing i or anyone else saw indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days. nonetheless, we planned an exercise a wide range of contingencies. because of that plan, we were able to draw down our embassy and move our remaining personnel to the airport within 48 hou

senator shaheen is a democrat.how the trump administration had handled their afghanistan policy. listen to what she had to say. >> i want to know where that outrage was during the negotiations by the trump administration and former secretary pompeo, when they were giving away the rights of women and girls and when secretary pompeo came before this committee and blew off questions about what they were doing to pressure the taliban to have women at the negotiating table for that pieace treaty. >> now, there were a lot of references to the trump administration throughout this hearing, but i also want to note that there were some substantial questions such as when did the biden administration plan for the worst case scenario. the secretary said that planning began in the spring, continued into the summer, and also the secretary was asked by senator rubio about the intelligence and why it was unable to say that possibly afghanistan was going to fall as quickly as it did. the senator saying that there were concerns about