Today is Wednesday, September 29th, and what you know about some tense testimony on Capitol Hill as top military leaders give their take on the US withdrawal in Afghanistan, including the advice they say the president ignored.

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Three of the nation's top military leaders admitted the US withdrawal from Afghanistan did not go as planned.

Lawmakers grilled them in another tense day on Capitol Hill.

The group of senators heard from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley, and a top commander, Marine General Frank McKenzie.

Each one of them admitted they were taken aback by how quickly the Taliban were able to take over and for the Afghan government they helped to build to collapse.

Both General Milley and General McKenzie said they wanted to keep about 2500 troops in Afghanistan to prevent the takeover from happening.

But President Biden seemingly rejected their advice. He insisted he had a choice between pulling all American forces or putting more troops in danger for many more years.

General Milley was one of the most critical at yesterday's hearing. He said, quote, strategically, the war was lost.

He also said the US might have been too optimistic about the strength of Afghan forces that they were not properly trained to defend themselves once the Americans left.

Then Milley warned the Taliban remains a terrorist organization that has not broken ties with al-Qaeda as the group has promised.

General McKenzie made it clear, quote, the war in Afghanistan is not over.

But Secretary Austin told lawmakers it's possible to monitor threats from Afghanistan without having troops on the ground.

US officials are now trying to find places to keep drones and other aircraft to keep up surveillance over Afghanistan and launch air strikes if necessary.

This was the first public congressional testimony since the Taliban take over.

Secretary Austin also talked about what they felt went well in the process, including America's ability to evacuate a lot of people in a short amount of time, though not everyone agrees that went smoothly either.

Both Austin and Milley are also testifying in front of lawmakers in the House today.

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