Kelly Darren would you come on up they'll speak next and I'll try to be brief for that reason because it's not about the politicians here it's about the families who don't have accountability this interim report is just that it's not a final report and it will never be a final report until these families don't just have all the answers to what happened they have most of those it's to where they have the knowledge that this to the greatest extent possible will create a change to prevent it from happening in the future Congress in its oversight role is known for two purposes one a legislative purpose there may not be a legislative purpose to all this the second one is oversight to determine whether the policies and implementation of existing laws have met the requirements placed on it clearly this is an example as earlier you heard like the fall of Saigon like uh Benghazi doesn't necessarily create a new law but it does create an understanding that there need to be changes in procedures if we're going to prevent this in the future to the greatest extent possible remember the withdrawal of Afghanistan had all the Time in the World to plan we had the military might to do whatever we wanted to and needed to we had the entire NATO allies at our available call it wasn't D-Day we weren't going into a Fortified Area we had the time place and capability to have a withdrawal that had no fatalities and that includes not just the 13 and the 40 plus but also the many who in fact are not counted here today the Afghans remember most of those people who died that were Afghan Americans or Afghans were in fact people who had earned the right to come to the United States had gotten through the lines and were trying to board aircraft to help them they will not be easily counted except by this committee now and in the future so I want to First remind people that there is a change that needs to occur that must first have an Administration willing to provide the information and a recognition that change is necessary and if this Administration won't tell you that A change is necessary and they've had three years to the day to do it then the next Administration no matter whose name is at the top must be held to make those changes that's what we're here today to talk about that's what we're here for you to report on that requirement that we make the change and by the way this is not an impossible change I want to just close by noting that one after another of the members who have been honored to introduce the families have for the most part been people who served in the military the Foreign Affairs committee has at least on our side of the aisle far more members who have served in the military than you would expect of a peace committee and there's a reason every one of us who have served in the military understands that we'd rather have the state department and the other programs do the work of preventing war war is not something that these families wanted or that their loved ones wanted it was something that came from failures that go back decades we cannot ignore those failures either and so for the families let's make sure that this committee and the men and women of the committee which includes a great many of us who have served in in the United States military do all we can do to keep this from happening again in another way make sure that our enemies fear us our friends can count on us and that our foreign policy is one that is understood that will not tolerate the kinds of things things that are going on around the world as we speak that's what I want you all to remember as you listen to the families our job isn't done thank you