They planned this war for months, and they made no plans to safeguard hundreds of thousands of Americans in the region. There is no excuse for this, and I just want to draw a comparison here. In 2006, the State Department requested support from DOD. Just two days into the war in Lebanon, TRANSCOM arranged ships, commercial charter and military flights for nearly 15,000 Americans. 15,000Americans. So, General Reid, let me ask you, if the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense ask transcom for help to evacuate Americans, would you provide that support? (01:00–01:18)
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Asserts that in 2006, TRANSCOM evacuated nearly 15,000 Americans from Lebanon within two days of the war starting.
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