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Dod retro grade operations or timing, they need to be the ones to speak to that. >> u.s. forces would not be at the airport through the end of the day on august 31st? >> again, any timing operation when it comes to retro grade operations, the department of defense would need to speak to. that our people, those under chief of mission authority on the ground will leave the country as part of those operations. ultimately, dod will need to speak to the timing of those operations. >> wouldnt that aff...

This is an operation that requires a great deal of coordination. its an operation that requires a great deal of kchoreograpy. if youve been there, its not chicago ohare. its the size of an airport of fairly small town. the orchestration and coordination thats required to have u.s. military charter other aircraft be able to take off every 45, every half hour, that is indeed a pretty sophisticated bit of business. id need to refer you to dod. >> the other part of some of these report s the united ...

>> they have already gone the screening before putting their feet on u.s. soil. when they are through customed, theyre paroled into the united states of america. if they have relatives, theoretically they can go with those relatives what were doing is helping them get through the screening process. we provide all of the governmental organizations to support the medical process, et cetera. so we are not doing security screenings in support of state department. this is nor special immigrant status...

Processing through customs. and i dont have an update for you right now. i believe were in a good position, jennifer. >> thank you. >> thank you. general, following up on jens question, can you talk about the challenges that youve had with the dod and dhs systems, the biometrics systems being able to pass that information in a timely manner? explain more about how the different flagging red that youve seen because names are passed through different systems. >> i cant answer that question. thats ...

You describe. dod work with the process owner dhs to streamline this. specifically customs and border protection along with tsa who owns that process. we knew exactly who was certifying that. thats customs that was certifying it across to the other side. if the improper system was utilized, they were being flagged as red on the receiving end at dulles. that should give you comfort that were not leaning towards more conservative and pushing them out but ensuring verification. that led to the dela...

Groups like al qaeda, groups like isis, any group around the world wherever it is that would potentially pose a threat to the united states and our people. yes? >> only airports, i dont know if youve seen but just now there are a number of pictures and reports on twitter from various accounts that taliban units are moving into -- or towards -- into the kabul airport. have you seen that? has the united states military seen that? >> so my colleague at the white house was just asked about this as w...

Future. the request for assistance from the state department requested that the department of defense provide culturally appropriate food, water, bed, recreational activities and other services like transportation from the port of entry to the location of accommodations and some medical services as well. a team of military civilian and contract personnel are working closely with numerous agencies, government and nongovernment to ensure further requirements and additional capabilities are availab...

Groups like al qaeda, groups like isis, any group around the world, where ever it is that would pose a threat to the united states and our people. yes. >> only airports, i dont know if you seen but just now theres a number of pictures and reports on twitter from various accounts that taliban units are moving into or towards the kabul airport. have you seen that? has the united states military seen that? >> my colleague at the white house was just asked about there as well. what dod has spoken to...

That if theres any change in dod retrograde operations or timing, they would need to speak to that. >> any idea if the u.s. forces would be at the airport through the day on august 31? >> any timing operation when it comes to retrograde, the department of defense would need to speak to that. our people, those under chief of mission authority on the ground will leave the country as part of those retrograde operations. ultimately dod will need to speed to the timing. >> wouldnt that affect the rem...

Perspective. we provide all of the governmental organizations to support that, the medical process, et cetera. we are not doing security screening in support of state department. this is part of the application for special immigrant status. i hope that clarifies it. >> tony. >> do you have a graek down by gender of how many women, girl, boys and men have been processed by dod. it begs a lot of questions in terms of separate facilities. i have questions about culturally appropriate food. are we t...