We want to find out what happened to the equipment that was left behind. What was left behind. We want to know why specifically bagging was abandoned. I know what it is, but We want to see it in record that it was the administration that decided we were going to reduce down to 600 troops. And we had the mission given by the State Department to protect the embassy and the Kabul airport. You can't do both air bases with 600 people. (00:16–00:22)
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Asserts that the administration decided to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan to 600.
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