The following is a transcript of an interview with former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, retired General Frank McKenzie, on 'Face the Nation' that aired on June 2, 2024.
The following is a transcript of an interview with former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, retired General Frank McKenzie, on 'Face the Nation' that aired on June 2, 2024.MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined now by the former commander of US forces in the Middle East, retired General Frank McKenzie. His new book The Melting Point is available this Tuesday. Good to see you, sir.
think they're a lot closer than they were a few months ago. I still think Hamas political and military leadership exists largely whole. A lot of their combat formations have been destroyed. But I think Hamas has been significantly attritted.MARGARET BRENNAN: You also have raised a few times in the past few months concerns about America's continued presence in the Middle East which you say is crucial here.
think the United States and our allies. MARGARET BRENNAN: You largely try to avoid politics and directly addressing the presidents you served under in the book that you wrote here. But you have had such a key role in some of these very significant national security decisions: killing the ISIS commander Baghdadi, taking Qasem Soleimani off the battlefield, executing the withdrawal from Afghanistan. And you spread around some blame to past US presidents.
Absolutely. MARGARET BRENNAN: Biden and Trump.GEN.
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