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Levels of means to start life over here. how long is dod prepared to house and feed these refugees? >> were prepared to house them and feed them as long as it takes to get through them the process and as long as the secretary approves that. they are coming here, starting over with what they bring with them. we have been well supported by the local communities that have sumped in to help these families with things of need such as died diapers, clothing, formula. you see the gammet when talking th...

This point? um -- anything about whether the marines noticed the attacker coming? um, anything about the -- the -- the firing of the shots? has any of that been kind of cleared up at this point? >> i dont have any additional details from what general mckenzie laid out yesterday. again, we are going to do the forensics on in and -- -- and try to learn as much as we can. and when we have some verifiable context to be able to talk to you about that, well do it but we are still digging into it right...

>> they stay on base until they complete the special immigrant visa process which is owned by the state department with the support we provide medical support. we provide contract medical support as part of that. each will go through a screening process such as screening for disease. if they need vaccinated, well have the international migration organization to come in toward the end of the process and work with them on where they need to be relocated. many of them have family already here in th...

Coming across cleared by that process which im comfortable with. with regards to covid, the afghans coming from the middle east into our locations that we have stood up are all being tested. actually multiple times. we test them 100% upon arrival at each location. theyre getting tested at dulles as well. and en route they get tested. ill give you some numbers. we are seeing so far to date when i was at ft. mccoy only three out of more than 1,300 had tested positive. when i went to ft. bliss, the...

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...

Coming across cleared by that process which im comfortable with. the afghans coming from the middle east into our locations that we have stood up are being tested multiple times. theyre getting tested at dulles as well and enroute they get tested. were seeing so far, to date, when i was at fort mccoy on wednesday, only three out of more than 1,300 had tested positive. when i went to fort bliss that same day, one out of more than 1200 had tested positive for covid. i hope that helps. >> 1 out of ...

Task force. task force eagle at fort lee in virginia stoods up in july and has the capacity for 1,750. today task force eagle at fort lee has supported 1,647 afghan special immigrant applicants and their families. nearly laugh of whom have completed the process and moved on with the support of department of state, non-governmental operations and volunteer operations. task force bliss at fort bliss, texas has a capacity of 5,000. received first flights with vulnerable afghans on saturday, august ...

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...

Were going to spun up here and begin that application for the process for a special immigrant status. >> the siv application process, the screen prague ses is a long process. what happens if at some point while somebody is on a military base they fail that screening? are they going back to afghanistan? what is the plan there? you are also taking questions? >> i would defer you to the department of state for that. thats really their area of expertise. we want to continue the support until we get ...

Details on the attack at this point? anything about whether the marines noticed the attacker coming, anything about the firing of the shots, has any of that been kind of cleared up at this point? >> i dont have any additional details from what general mckenzie laid out yesterday. again, well do the forensics on this and try to learn as much as we can. and when we have some verifiable context to be able to talk to you about that, well do it. were still digging into it. >> do you have any timing w...