Nicole made the ultimate sacrifice during the disaster's withdrawal. Not that we were withdrawing, I was going to withdraw, but we were withdrawing with dignity and strength and Power. And We were going to keep Bagram, the big air base. because of the fact that it was so close to where China makes their nuclear weapons, one hour away. We should have kept it, and we didn't do that. (30:34–30:37)
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Asserts that his administration planned to retain control of Bagram Air Base.
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