Mike Rogers: “He keeps saying that nobody was advising him not to go…”

“He just said we're going to leave by this arbitrary date against the advice of his military leaders. And that's the other thing that I'm pretty upset about, is He keeps saying that nobody was advising him not to go forward. And that's just an absolute untruth. Congressman Mike Rogers adds, the Armed Services Committee urged the president to keep 2,500 troops at a base in Afghanistan for counterterrorism purposes.” (00:15–00:21)

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