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After 20 years, 2,461 American lives lost, 20,000 injuries, $2 trillion spent, it was time to end America's longest war.

Somewhere along the way, with the best of intentions, we also sought to remake the country.

I believe strongly in Congress' traditional role as a partner in foreign policymaking.

The relationship has not been severed, and it is a very open question as to whether their views and the relationship has changed in any kind of definitive way.

We needed and we have established a clear expectation from the Taliban about allowing people to continue to leave the country.

I believe strongly in Congress's traditional role as a partner in foreign policy making and am committed to working with you.

There is no evidence that staying longer would have made the Afghan security forces or the Afghan Government any more resilient or self-sustaining.

To all members, I appreciate the opportunity to be with all of you today to discuss our policy on Afghanistan.

The humanitarian situation is dire.

Our number-one priority is any remaining American citizens who wish to leave.

The mistakes made by previous administrations, we have talked about it.

Conversely, there is nothing that strategic competitors like China and Russia or adversaries like Iran and North Korea would have liked more than for the United States to re-up a 20-year war.

We do not have an exact number, but it is in the thousands.

The nature of the relationship that the Taliban would have with us or most other countries around the world will depend entirely on its conduct and actions

We wanted to complete the mission in Afghanistan when we had a chance.

I certainly received this cable in mid-July. I read it. I responded to it. I factored its contents into my thinking.

Anyone who tried to stop him from saying what he wanted to say, speaking his mind, would probably not be long for their job.

[u]ltimately, every pension fund investing in these private funds would benefit if there were greater transparency and competition in this space.