We should have kept it, and we didn't do that. But the way they withdrew, they took the soldiers out first. No, you take the soldiers out last. I went 18 months without one soldier [being killed]. I spoke to Abdul, the leader of the Taliban. We went 18 months without one soldier, even being shot at. No soldier being killed for 18 months. And then we left. (30:53–30:56)
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Asserts that no U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan for 18 months during his administration.
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