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Youll see at the task force. task force eagle at ft. lee virginia stood up in july and has capacity for 1,750. today task force eagle at ft. lee supported 1,647 afghan special immigrant visa applicants and their families. half of whom have completed the process and have moved on with the support of the department of state, nongovernmental, intergovernmental organizations and volunteer organizations. task force bliss at ft. bliss, texas, currently has capacity of 5,000. and received first flights...

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...

People in a timely fashion when th e -- working 24 hours a day to do the vetting necessary and reviews necessary to move people into the united states. now, i would remind you that there are a number of people, tens of thousands of people departing on afghanistan who are going to third countries. they only proceeded through serp steps of the immigrant visa process or the vetting process has not yet been completed. i can give you a bit more detail on the vetting process if that is helpful .

As possible to get those allies out. i think we all agree that not only are we backing out on a promise that we made, but we really encouraged not just the special immigrant visa applicants but the women, the girls that are getting an education, the women that are starting nonprofits, we encouraged them to stand up to folks like the taliban and now were leaving them behind. first and foremost, lets say as long as we can to get them out with the understanding that the longer we do stay, the great...

The ones getting shot at and theyre not the soldiers. what are some of the complications were still facing on the ground? >> there are many complications. obviously the fact that we have withdrawn so far and are really only at the airport, youre basically asking the military when senator sasse makes these really strong words from behind a desk, hes basically asking the military to do a reinvasion of new parts of the country and to do so without any bloodshed or loss of american life. thats incre...

How do you possibly vet all of those people in a timely fwhags its clearly the -- the customs and border patrol and relevant officials must be completely overloaded. >> they are, and i will say this is a reflection of the fact that we have hundreds of employees, of our intelligence community working 24 hours a day to -- to do the vetting necessary and reviews necessary to move people into the united states. now, i would remind you that there are a number of people, tens of thousands of people wh...

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...

0 >> it does not. >> lprs also been qucontacted? >> yep. >> what about siv applicants? can we get numbers? >> its okay. >> since this whole thing began theres been a lot of criticism of the administration over how its handled. theres been a lot of push back about the hand that you were dealt by the previous administration in terms of the deal with the taliban and terms of the siv program and the broader refugee program. you have been in office for almost eight months. its been five months since ...

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 ...

Olivia troy joins me also director of the republican accountability project. olivia thanks for coming on this morning. for our viewers please elaborate your role in the special immigrant visa process for the previous administration and the exact road blocks you say you ran into. >> hi, nice to see you again. i served as former vice-president pences homicide adviser and counterterrorism adviser. in that role because i was detailed from dhs i have significant understanding how the department works...