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Eric Hovde: “You would have thought we would have kept Bagram Air force…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Eric Hovde, Ben Shapiro interview

Published | Video Starts at 34:50

One was my most embarrassing moment as an american, was just the most incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan. It happened three years ago in August. And look, I had no problem wrapping up that war, but You would have thought we would have kept Bagram Air force Base, which was so strategic to that part of the world. and could have tamped down on future terrorist activity that was happening in Afghanistan. Instead, they leave the air force base, they pull out the military without taking out american citizens and our afghan allies. (34:50–34:56)

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Asserts that Bagram Air Force Base was strategically important and should have been retained.

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