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Know all of my colleagues across government feel the same way. there will be plenty of time the look back at the last six or seven months. the look back at the last 20 years and to look to see what we might have done differently? what we might have done sooner? what we might have done effectively. i have to tell you right now my entire focus is on the mission at hand and theres going to be plenty of time to do an accounting of this when we get through that mission. >> could you speak today about...

Range of projects that they are not ready to leave. i know thats hard for us to understand as were looking at the images but for many of these afghans this is their home and, yes, they are dual citizens. yes, it is absolutely our responsibility to make sure we are reaching out to them multiple times. were providing opportunity. we are finding ways to get them to the airport and evacuate them, but it is also their personal decision on whether they want to depart. go ahead. >> could i just follow ...

Clear, commanders are on the ground to make adjustments when they see fit. that includes changes to the footprints as they confirmed last night of the departure there afghanistan, several hundred u.s. troops. this is head quarter staff, maintenance and others that were scheduled to leave and his mission at the airport was complete. this does not impact the mission at hand. >> [question inaudible] >> recently traveled into afghanistan? >> currently stranded in afghanistan. i dont know for certain...

Closes for some period of time. thats happening very actively right now. the taliban made clear they have a strong interest in having a functioning airport. we and the rest of the international community have a strong interest in that. primarily for the purpose of making sure anyone who wants to leave can leave past the 31st using an airport. with regard to our own potential presence going forward after the 31st, were looking at a number of options. >> thank you very much. >> thank you all very ...

Time, taking questions about what happened in the rapid fall of afghanistan. these are the first formal remarks that weve heard from the person who has been perhaps most closely aligned with president biden in the decisions that have led to this chaotic exit from afghanistan. k.t. mcfarland, marc thiessen is here. first, to our correspondent standing by. weve been in direct contact with approximately 500 additional americans and provided specific instructions on how to get to the airport

Live up to your potential. now they feel abandoned. finally id like to ask you about the local hires. we evacuated our embassy and theres been cables back that i know you must be familiar with, your team is, of people that feel completely betrayed. these are thousands of people that we rely on in embassies around the world. the message is going forward that we will not be loyal. they were not told about the evacuation. they were not put on the choppers with our american staff. they will force ma...

Strong self-interest in acting with responsibility going forward. but they will make their own determinations. >> thank you. the taliban right now focusing on the mission right now are not living up to their commitments. people are being stopped from trying to get to the airport, im talking about women, sivs, others, afghans, people with papers and being stopped outside the airport now. total bottle necks, which rise to the level of what the president said were a contingencies if the taliban is ...

Me, martha. whenever i think about august 31, it scares me. i have no idea what will happen. now that the u.s. is there and other troops are already in afghanistan, in the airport, taliban are taking those actions against journalists and there were many, many others that said theyre not coming to the press. it scares me. it scares everyone in afghanistan. im in contact with my fans, my family and were all so worried. we have no idea what will happen after august 31. just thinking, looking back t...

Because of past and current behavior. why should the united states care what the taliban want to be done at the airport or frankly anywhere else in the country since they are not in the u.s. eyes a legally recognized government? >> thank you. our focus right now is on getting our citizens and getting other -- our partners, afghan partners third country partners working in afghanistan with us out of the country and to safety. for that purpose, first, the taliban, whether we like it or not is in c...

People who are in these special immigrant visa process, so these are people who have worked for the state department or the military during these two decades. they are in the process but they havent yet been approved and they may not be very far along in it. they seem tonight ones most vulnerable and have the most difficult time getting through, the taliban checkpoints getting into the gate at the airport and getting on the evacuation flights and there are potentially thousand of them and that d...