Absolute lie. Millet testified that Bagram was of no value to the US. It's on the official record. Travis McGee has consistently posted the meme with that quote.
A whole lot of Generals and Deep Staters need to be rooted out and summarily disciplined - severely.
It's criminal because a soldier right out of basic knows the value of such an airbase. Worse, a goat herder still living in the 7th Century knows the value of it.
No, they all should be flown to Afghanistan and air-dropped at several of the gates surrounding the Kabul airport.