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Retrograde operations or timing, they would need 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 retrograde operation, 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 but ultimately dod will need to speak to the timing in those operations. >> wouldnt that affect...

Couple days to make the process as efficient an effective. when i say, dod worked with the process owner, dhs, to streamline this. specifically customs and border protection along with tsa who owns that process if you will. some of the challenges were being use of the proper vetting authorities, if you will, to ensure that we looked at the same ones and that they were coming across we knew exactly who was certifying that. and that is customs that was certifying across to the other side. what was...

The continental united states from a security perspective. they are paroled into the united states of america. p and if they have relatives they can go with the relatives. were helping them get through the screening process. so were providing all the governmental organizations to support that. the medical process, et cetera. were not doing security screening for the state bept. i theep clarifies. >> do you have a breakdown by gender roughly how many women, boys, girls, and men have been processe...

Next. this is a transmission from a full scale evacuation to a departure. as to the mechanics of that, i would need to refer to dod. >> i want to continue a little bit on recognition and aid. were seeing the reality sinking in europe about taliban about their accepting that theyll have to deal with the group. where is the united states on that? i know your focus is on the evacuation. but the urgency of that is providing aid. how are you going to do it? has the united states come to that decision...

Refuge which provides he will jubl afghan nationals and their immediate families with support of the u.s. government the opportunity to relocate to the united states. the department of state subsequently activated the afghanistan coordination task force and requested the department of defense provide temporary support for up to 3,500 afghan special immigrant applicants. on august 15th, the department of state requested and the secretary of defense approved additional support for afghan special i...

Talking about. i believe were in a good position. thank you. >> following up on jens question. can you talk about the challenges that youve had with the dod and dhs systems, the biometric systems being able to pass that information in a timely manner and explain a little bit more about how all of the different flagging red that youve seen because names are passed through different sys systems? >> we cant answer that question. thats a question for dhs. i apologize. i dont have that information. >...

He makes a fair point. >> i will say this. we have been taking half measures when we should have been taking full throated measures. i spent a decade in the intelligence community and had words thrown at me like nationbuilding, eating soup with a knife, a war of 1000 paper cuts, these phrases in terms were created by washington dc think tanks, pushed through the halls of dod and the state department and i will tell you mores are not won by washington dc think tanks but by connecticut actionable ...

Verification. when i took the brief this morning, we had no airplanes on the ramp at dulles waiting for customs. i dont have an update but i believe were in a good position, jennifer. >> thank you, general. following up on jens question, can you talk about the challenges that youve had with the dod and dhs systems, the biometric systems, being able to pass that information in a timely manner? explain a little bit more about how the different flagging red that youve seen because names are passed ...

Using every appropriate tool, groups like al-quaida, 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. on the airports, i dont know if youve seen but a number of pictures and reports on twitter from various accounts that taliban units are moving into the kabul airport. have you seen that? have the people -- has the united states military seen that? anything you can say? >> my colleague at the white house ...

This is an operation that requires great deal of coordination. it is an operation that requires a great deal of choreography. any airport around the world, especially one as busy as this, look, karzai international airport know it is not chicago ohare. it is the size of an airport of a fairly small town. so the orchestration and he could and coordination to have mult charter other aircraft to be able to take off every 45, every half hour -- every 45 minutes, every half hour, that is indeed a pre...