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And the interpreters who never had a chance. i said this president will have blood on his hands and now we have 13 draped coffins that came through dover air base. we have a lot of interpreters killed by the taliban because of this presidents actions and also a lot of americans left behind. finally the school girls on the four buses, 250 of them, young girls in the choir, christians had visas and a plane waiting and they actually got through the taliban. it was our united states government that ...

In squalor conditions. they then have to be processed. there are many afghans who worked with americans, for this two decade long war, who are eligible, to still leave the country and have not yet been able to. interpreters for instance. those who worked with soldiers and military contractors. and then those afghans are going to be resettled, some of them in the united states, and some communities they are receiving a very warm welcome, and other places, its a bit more wary, and other places its...

Estimated the uk is _ lives will be better. overall it is estimated the uk is evacuated l lives will be better. overall it is - estimated the uk is evacuated more than 17,000 people from afghanistan, since mid august. 8000 of those on that the afghan relocation and assistance policy. set up to allow interpreters and others who have worked for that uk to come here. according to the government, a significant number of councils in this country have already offered to provide housing for those in ne...

Situation again that we are making promises to allies abroad that we can keep and once we make those promises that we fulfill them, lets have those hard conversations. >> what i dont understand is that a lot of the people have been in the process for years. this stuff has been slow walked by the prior administration, i assume even during this administration. for all these people who suddenly care about afghanistan and care about these interpreters, this has been going on for years. we have been ...

To ask you. you know nothing about but im going to ask you because the news came over a congressman of oklahoma has been making multiple attempts to get into afghanistan, reportedly was going to enter with a bunch of cash. asked the embassy, they told him thats a terrible idea, you cant do that and as of now his whereabouts are unknown, and as the chair of the house intelligence committee do you know anything about this or have a read on where he is? >> i dont. hes a member of our committee but ...

Ended up getting more than 5,500 americans out. we got thousands of citizens and diplomats from those countries that went into afghanistan with us to get bin laden. we got out staff and their families, totaling 2,500 people. we got thousands of afghan translaters and interpreters and others who supported the united states out add well. now we believe that about 100 to 200 americans we main in afghanistan with some intention to leave. most of those that remain are duel citizens. long time residen...

Out, we _ getting more than 5500 americans out, we got out of thousands of citizens — out, we got out of thousands of citizens and diplomats and those countries — citizens and diplomats and those countries that went into afghanistan with us— countries that went into afghanistan with us to _ countries that went into afghanistan with us to get bin laden. we got our locally— with us to get bin laden. we got our locally employed staff at the united states _ locally employed staff at the unit...

That got here. i also understand that there might be some people that made tough decisions about what they might have to leave behind. parents being one of them. if they were targeted themselves, for example, some interpreters that -- that is the number that i think is abysmal. the administration wont give you any numbers on how many interpreter that got out. i have a feeling because its really small talking to our pentagon reporters. celebrating with drawl while seeking credit for it but yet we...

They are two positive examples of whats possible. >> dana: i was thinking about these interpreters on our minds a lot. were following a few of their stories but there are thousands of them. only 7% got out. from your perspective especially from the military role and ambassador role, what do you think about the promises that we made to them and we didnt keep them? >> look, we do have a commitment to them, dana. and i think this is one of the most important parts of judging the taliban by their de...

The government has promised to take up the government has promised to take up to 20,000 refugees with as many as 5000 in the first year. the communities secretary, robertjenrick, has said it is a "challenge" for councils in england to find suitable housing for afghan families being resettled in the uk. but speaking this afternoon, he insisted ministers are working hard with local authorities. im really pleased that almost a third of the councils in england, scotland and wales have already agreed...