DEMILITARIZED BEFORE THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL. JOINING ME NOW, JOURNALIST JERRY DUNN LEVY. HE WAS A SENIOR INVESTIGATOR INTO THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PROBE. INTO THE DEADLY WITHDRAWAL. HE ALSO CO-WROTE A BOOK ON THE CHAOS CALLED KABUL. THE UNTOLD STORY OF BIDEN'S FIASCO IN THE AMERICAN WARRIORS WHO FOUGHT TO END THE FIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GERRI, I KNOW YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A WHISTLEBLOWER AND YOU SAY THIS INVESTIGATION PROBE HAS HIT AN INVESTIGATIVE PARALYSIS. LET'S START WITH WHERE YOUR HEAD IS TODAY. GIVEN MARKING OF THIS DEADLY DAY. >> YES. SO WE'RE NOW ON THE 3RD ANNIVERSARY THE ABBEY GATE BALMY 13 US SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED DOZENS OF THEM WOUNDED WELL OVER 100 MAYBE 2 100 AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED AS WELL. THAT BEING DONE THAT THAT HORRIBLE EVENT HAPPENING AS THE U.S. TEMPTED TO CONDUCT. BUT WITHDRAWAL OUT OF KABUL AIRPORT ONLINE ON THE TALIBAN TO PROVIDE SECURITY. AND WE ALL SAW ON TELEVISIONS, THE CHAOS AND ULTIMATELY THE DEATH AND. I WAS ON THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION INTO THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION YS WITHDRAWAL AND EVACUATION ITS DISASTROUS WITITHDRAWAL , AN. UNFORTUNATELY. THAT INVESTIGATION BY CHOICE, OFTEN SHOWS NOT TO BRING IN WITNESSES THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IN CHOSE NOT TO ASK QUESTIONS. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING AND WITH WITNESSES THAT DID BRING IN. SUCH AS GENERAL CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, GENERAL MILLEY. COMMAND OR CENTCOM. GENERAL MCKENZIE, THE COMMITTEE MADE A SPECIFIC CHOICE TO HELP THOSE GENERALS AVOID THEIR SHARE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL. THERE'S A LOT OF BLAME TO GO AROUND. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT IS REPUBLICAN LED INVESTIGATION. SHOWS TO CERTAIN PEOPLE SEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THAT TROUBLES ME. WE NEED ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES. WE NEED THOSE ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FOR ALL OF THE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN FROM THOSE WHO DIED IN AFGHANISTAN. AND WE NEED THOSE ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING HORRIFIC LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. AND I WORRY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S NOT ACCOUNTABILITY. >> YOU RESIGNED AS A RESULT OF YOUR CONCERNS OVER THE LACK OF MOVEMENT IN THIS INVESTIGATION. YOU'RE SPEAKING OUT NOW AT A HIGHLY CHARGED POLITICAL TIME. ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC THAT THESE FAMILIES GET THOSE ANSWERS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. >> I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT. I I DO CONSIDER MYSELF SORT OF AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE COMMITTEE WEB ENSURE MCCALL MADE SIGNIFICANT MISTAKES MAKING CHOICES TOO. HELP. GENERAL MILLION GENERAL MCKENZIE SORT OF ESCAPE THEIR SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY MADE SERIOUS MISTAKE. TREATING MEAN. DOHA NEGOTIATOR. ZALMAY COUNTY SIDE WITH KID GLOVES 86 NOT BRINGING KEY MILITARY WITNESSES LIKE GENERAL DONAHUE, GENERAL FARREL SULLIVAN REAR ADMIRAL FEES. LE THESE ARE THE MILITARY COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND DURING THE EVACUATION. BUT MILITARY COMMANDERS WHO HAVE NOT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE REFUSES TO ASK IF WE WANT ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT ABBEY GATE AND WE WANT ANSWERS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED NOT JUST AUGUST 2021 BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WITHDRAW EVACUATION 2021 THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING. HONESTLY REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING COMMITTEE TO DO IS TO JUST TO THE BASICS CHAIR. MCCALL HAS A LOT OF POWER IS THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE. HE HOLDS THE GAVEL. WE HAVE SUBPOENA POWER COMPEL WITNESS TESTIMONY TRUTHFUL WITNESS TESTIMONY. YOU COULD COMPEL DOCUMENTS. YOU CAN COMPEL SORTS OF THINGS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE COMMITTEE DIDN'T BRING IN STATE DEPARTMENT WITNESSES THAT SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT REFUSED TO BRING IN MILITARY WITNESSES SHOULD BROUGHT IN. MADE MISTAKES WITH TREAT WITH WITH TREATING SOME OF THESE KEY WITNESSES. WE KICK OFF AND LETTING THEM OFF THE BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING TO ALWAYS GET THE BALL ROLLING. I'M GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT MEANS NEED TO AP ON. UNFORTUNATELY THE TORCH IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PICKED UP BY SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH TIME THE THIS COMMITTEE IS WASTED, BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THEM TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING. I REALLY HOPE THAT