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Sec. Austin on Afghanistan Withdrawal: ‘Staying at Bagram ... Meant Staying at War in Afghanistan’ (clip)
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C-SPAN3
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URL: https://www.c-span.org/live/?channel=c-span-3
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Key Capitol Hill Hearings
Name: Key Capitol Hill Hearings
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Lloyd Austin
Name: Lloyd Austin
Employment: U.S. Department of Defense
Position: Commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM)
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09/28/2021 04:06 pm
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Austin Now I know ░░░░░░░░ members of this committee ░░░░░░░░ have questions on many ░░░░░░░░ such as why we ░░░░░░░░ over Bagram airfield and ░░░░░░░░ real is our over ░░░░░░░░ horizon capability and why ░░░░░░░░ t we start evacuation ░░░░░░░░ and why didn t ░░░░░░░░ stay longer to get ░░░░░░░░ people out So let ░░░░░░░░ take each in turn ░░░░░░░░ Bagram would have required ░░░░░░░░ as many as 5 ░░░░░░░░ U S troops in ░░░░░░░░ s way just to ░░░░░░░░ and defend it and ░░░░░░░░ would have contributed little ░░░░░░░░ the mission that we ░░░░░░░░ been assigned and that ░░░░░░░░ to protect and defend ░░░░░░░░ embassy which was some ░░░░░░░░ miles away The distance ░░░░░░░░ Kabul also rendered Bagram ░░░░░░░░ little value in the ░░░░░░░░ Staying at Bagram even ░░░░░░░░ counterterrorism purposes meant staying ░░░░░░░░ war in Afghanistan something ░░░░░░░░ the President made clear ░░░░░░░░ he would not do.”
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