Derrick Van Orden: “You could thank Jimmy Carter for that. That was the decision…”

“So they could not physically land a military aircraft in that country without the approval of the American ambassador and the next person up in the chain of command. If you're gone and You could thank Jimmy Carter for that. That was the decision that Jimmy Carter made to remove the ability for the military to move freely around the country. So there's a difference between Title 10 authority country and chief of mission authority. So all that stuff you heard in the news was hooey. It was inappropriate.” (26:09–26:18)

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