Page 202 - Dod News Today

Are there think about it, how many times have we heard the white house and the dod say we are in contact with the americans in average. we are texting them. we are phoning them. well then they have got a list for them to say we dont have the list. they are just kicking the ball down the street a bit. ainsley: we hear from people over there say we havent heard from them in days we applied. we sent our information. at least let them know we got your message. we will contact you when its your time ...

0 these are known passport holders. >> okay. but have -- have lprs also been contacted? >> yes. >> and what about siv applicants, people who are -- were in contact -- >> will we get -- >> im sorry. >> i dont expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began theres been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and theres been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you ...

0 admiral and the general arent working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. >> thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans havent gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out aft...

Authorization to full approval. and that today cleared the way for among other things a new mandate for all active duty u.s. service members to get vaccinated. theyve been waiting on full approval of the vaccine at the fda to do that. that full approval has been granted. the d.o.d. is now moving ahead. within hours of the full approval, cvs pharmacy chains, several state university systems, the nations largest school system in new york city, they all also announced vaccine mandates for their emp...

Administration left office and this was handed over to the biden administration. that is in no way, shape or form a criticism of the biden administration. i felt that we gave them plenty of flexibility and room to negotiate if thats what they wanted to do. i havent been involved in those conversations obviously since i left government so i dont know what went on with the decision to withdraw the way we did and to end our involvement there in the manner that weve seen since last friday. >> you ha...

Millions and millions of doses safely administered of all three vaccines. theyve all proven to be effective, and keeping you from keeping you infected, if you still get infected theyre very effective at reducing the chance of getting dangerous. all the states that are so overrun right now, its basically because of low uptake of vaccines, in those states. today, interesting progress, for the first time the fda grants full approval, not emergency use authorization to the pfizer vaccine. for everyb...

Effective at keeping you from getting infected. if you do get infected, they reduce your chances of getting dangerously ill. these states that are so overrun, its because of low uptake of vaccines in those states. but today, interesting progress when for the first time the fda granted full unqualified not emergency use authorization to the pfizer vaccine for everybody age 16 and up. thats a sort of graduation from pfizer from emergency use authorization to full approval. and that today cleared t...

>> because at 12:01 on the 20th of january, 2021, the trump administration left office and this was handed over to the biden administration. that is in no way, shape or form a criticism of the biden administration. i felt that we gave them plenty of flexibility and room to negotiate if thats what they wanted to do. i havent been involved in those conversations obviously since i left government so i dont know what went on with the decision to withdraw the way we did and to end our involvement the...

Hour by hour. were monitoring the threat environment very carefully. as i said, the communication with the taliban continues. >> first of all, can you tell us the total estimated cost of the evacuation? and then can you talk about the discrepancy between the state and dod numbers on the number of people evacuated? >> the state is saying 25,000. major general taylor said 37,000. what is the discrepancy? >> the numbers question. i cant speak for -- i dont know where the other number came from. i t...

You have been listening to a briefing from the pentagon. the mission is getting people out of kabul. we just learned that the u.s. evacuated around 20,000 people. the briefing also addressed some significant breaking news on the vaccine front. they just provided support. now that it has, the dod says it is ready to make something it never has before official. the requirement to lay out all service members to be vaccinated soon. now with the latest on the evacuation from afghanistan, matt bradley...