Most embarrassing moment in the history of our country not leaving. I was going to leave. I'm the one that got them to a point where they couldn't leave. But I was going to keep Bagram, the air base. The biggest. One of the biggest in the world. I was going to keep it, not for Afghanistan, because it's one hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. (1:14:23–1:14:25)
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Asserts he planned to keep Bagram Air Base.
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