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Alies refuge. august 14, operation allies refuge was launched. with support of the u.s. government, its the opportunity to relocate to the united states for afghans. the afghan coordination task force was launched and providing support to 3,500 afghan sivs. on august 15, the department of state requested and the secretary of defense approved special immigrant visa applicants and other vulnerable afghans. the u.s. northern command is providing temporary housing, medical screening, transportation ...

0 we have a responsibility to these individuals that worked with our colleagues on the ground in kabul and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm that the vast majority of our locally-employed staff and their immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the ground of the hamed karzai airport. were working to evacuate remaining staff and weve been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they h...

0 i can confirm that the vast majority of our employed staff and their immediate family members have been evacuated or currently on the grounds of the international airport. we are actively working to evacuate remaining staff and we have been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. >> some of which involved, some of the numbers that you just went through. do you have numbers or do those include lprs? ...

0 kabul. and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm the vast majority of our staff and the immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the grounds of the karzai international airport. were actively working to evacuate remaining staff and we have been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. they are our colleagues as you heard us say...

Blinken had to say today about leaving folks behind. >> let me be crystal clear about this. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who decide they want to leave to do so, along with the many afghans who have stood by us over these many years and want to leave and have been unable to do so. >> shannon: all right, senator, we want to think that is going to be the case but we also have the president saying unequivocally come august 31st is the deadline. you guys ha...

Expedite that it is usually a process that will last several weeks or months where you validate their passport, their birth certificate, proof they worked as a translator for 12 months, proof they gone through a dod background check, letters of recommendation, cvp, dhs, customs and border protection, terrorist watchlist checks, this does weeks and weeks so if you have an administration talking about expediting that with a number of people we are seeing there will be corners that will be cut and ...

We are waiting for plans at exactly how the evacuation effort will continue with the possibility of ongoing attacks by isis or another malign actor. harris. >> kayleigh: kayleigh here now, dealing with breaking news and had reporters coming up to my doors in the upper press office wanting their questions answered in a scenario like that is understandable to push back that briefing. i would be on the phone with national security adviser robert obrien or calling them at the dod and going to the ov...

Passports, their birth certificate, proof that the actually worked as a translator for 12 months, proof that theyve gone through a dod background check, letters of recommendation, then cbp, dhs, customs and border protection will do also terrorist watch licks checks. this takes weeks and weeks and weeks so if you know have any administration talk about expediting that with a number of people that we are seeing, theres going to be corners that are going to be cut and youre going to -- the concern...

The embassy in kabul operating out of the airport there to urge americans simply to shelter in place. they had been issuing these orders every so often over the past week following the taliban takeover of afghanistan because there were concerns that american and any civilians could be targeted on their way to the airport or outside these gates. remember when we look at these type of attacks you have a large group of civilians in one area and also foreign soldiers including americans outside of t...

Politics. and lastly, we would want assurances from the president of the united states that he would go and have hope again and instill faith and our allies again by acts of leadership and not acts of hiding in a vacuum and allowing the mainstream media to cover for you. and even they have blown their cover because of the tragic situation in afghanistan is so awful. i will want leadership out of this commander in chief just like any other american putting politics aside, because when i served, t...