They had to redeploy thousands of troops. Biden gave the approval to the Military's plan and gave them everything they needed including extra security.
".....So, once he made the decision, then of course, from a military perspective, in terms of the retrograde of the people and the equipment, that planning was done by Central Command, and certainly principally, by General Miller. Very detailed planning, and then we came back and briefed the entire interagency on the details of that plan.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:03)
Okay. So the military planned the evacuation. Did President Biden follow your advice on executing on the evacuation plan?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:12)
He did.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:15)
Did President Biden give you all the resources that you needed?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:21)
From my view, he did.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:22)
Did President Biden ignore your advice on the evacuation at he point?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:30)
No Senator, he did not.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:32)
Did he refuse any request for anything that you needed or asked for?
Sec. Austin: (
02:03:37)
No.
Senator Warren: (
02:03:38)
So the President followed the advice of his military advisors in planning and executing this withdrawal. As we’ve already established, the seeds for our, or in Afghanistan were planted many, many years ago.
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