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So well work that 24 hours a day 7 days a week. and well get everyone that we can possibly evacuate evacuated. and ill do that as long as we possibly can until the clock runs out or we run out of capability. >> also about the afghan security forces, did you feel that they were ever up to this fight or did you not see this coming that they were not up to the fight? >> the afghan security forces had the capacity and by that mine they had the training, the side, the capability to defend their count...

Long-term battle here, but thats different from the ability to take us on face-to-face. we have the ability to make sure we secure that airport and open lines of communication, lines of movement to that airport, establish safe zones and do it as long as we need to get everybody out. we have the ability and capability to do it. we just have to do it. thats why ive been calling on the administration to make that commitment. >> the other thing is how long -- i guess theres different sides to this. ...

Secondly a lot of pressure from other countries britain, france and germany are making this determination and controversy by some of the outside groups like the world health organization which say the priority should be for all of us in order to stop the spread of new variants to get poorer countries and some of the countries where they have received no vaccine, vaccinated first. the white house is being pressed on this, and the white house press secretary jen psaki said that weve made contingen...

Afghans leaving the country because, you know, somebodys got to make the -- everything run. >> yeah, im not really concerned about what the taliban want. i think they could care less at this point. this is what we need to do, and we have an obligation, a moral one. we have a national security obligation. we have an obligation to provide the same level of security and commitment to our afghan partners as theyve provided to us over the last 20 years. and we have the capability to follow through on...

Possibly evacuate. well conduct these -- this process for as long as we possibly can. we will continue to de-conflict issues with the taliban and we will stay focused on securing the air field. we cannot afford to either not defend that air field or not have an air field that is secure where we have hundreds or thousands of civilians that can access the air field at will and put our forces at risk. >> that doesnt answer the question. you say youre focused on the air field. these people cant get ...

Teams to two of the airports gates to assist the state department consular oig efforts as they process individuals seeking entry. and we expect to be able to augment that capability in the coming days. this is truly a team effort across the interagency and throughout all of this, our u.s. service members are making exceptional efforts under challenging circumstances. and showing their humanity and their compassion. so i want to thank them for their skill and their professionalism. it is not lost...

If we decide we are not getting involved in world affairs, the world would be worse. if we decide we have the capability to work with others when we can, and on occasion on our own, that is fine. as parliament we ought to be aware that we probably made a mistake in backing the government over the iraq war and we made a mistake in not backing government over syria and if you compare the number of people who died in syria, the refugees around the world, compare that with afghanistan and i think we...

States government. when we say our people, what we consider to be our people may not be what they consider to be our people. i think thats why the white house and spokesperson pretty much everyone that spoke on this has been so reluctant to say yes, we will stay until every u.s. citizen gets out of afghanistan. jillian: joey, do you think that us leaving bagram air base would prove to be one of the fatal flaws here? because you would know more than me, but from what i have heard, that we would h...

And in other part if of the country. how can the u.s., the pentagon, lively up to that task of evacuating all americans because we continue to seat violence outside the airport and how would you get them around the country unless you go get them? >> two things, barbara. one is state department, as you know, as i said, is working with the taliban to facilitate safe passage of american citizens, u.s. passport holders to the airport, and thats the primary means and under the current conditions that...

Telling people that they know in the united states saying i cant get out. >> lets listen to the secretary of defense, lloyd austin today explain what he thinks hes able to do in afghanistan. run it. >> i will draw a distinction between extracting someone in an extremist condition or circumstance versus going out and collecting up large numbers of american citizens. we dont have the capability to collect up large numbers of people. >> so geraldo, the secretary of defense, the united states of ame...