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What that looks like and is there any rational reason to think those folks will have better access to the airport once the taliban control it than they do today? >> well, i mean, its a really important question, john. you raise also really important point which is this has been an extraordinary effort by the u.s. military. and not like anything else that i can think of that we have seen in history in terms of the scale of this air lift evacuation. it really has surpassed everybodys expectations ...

A few weeks before they were supposed to fly out. they thought, hey, this is the last time were going to see our parents and our grandparents maybe ever. so they decided to proceed with the trip, thinking they were getting out in time, you know. but i wonder, when we hear from u.s. officials, like the national security adviser, who say, clarissa, the biden administration is committed to safe passage and they say they do have substantial leverage to hold the taliban, to making sure that that augu...

Political legitimacy which is the number one thing that they want. they were an international pariah before when they took over in 196. this would give them -- 1996. this would give them access to finances and trade which they need desperately to be able to run in this country effectively. paul: general, weve got about a minute. what about the idea of this opposition, the resistance forming in the valley? senator lindsey graham has said the u.s. ought to recognize them and give them support. do ...

That we use every appropriate tool at our disposal to isolate that government and as i said before afghanistan will be a pariah. >> what will happen on september 1st? will the u.s. keep any diplomatic and/or any other kind of presence in kabul at all and who will run the airport? is there any discussions with the turkz or any other measures being taken? >> there are active efforts under way on the part of regional countries to -- to see whether they can play a role in keeping the airport open on...

With. if it doesnt, we will make sure that we use every appropriate tool at our disposal to isolate that government and, as i said before, afghanistan will be a pariah. >> what will happen on september 1? will the u.s. keep any diplomatic and/or any other kind of presence in kabul at all and who will run the airport? is there any discussions with the turks with the military withdrawal? >> thanks. there are very active efforts underway on the part of regional countries to see whether they can pla...

Sound right? >> no. im afraid to say the state department was 10 to 15,000. number 1, hes not addressing the people scattered around the country, in the hinderlands. we have pockets of american citizens in all of those provinces. two girls that are teaching english to afghan girls. we have aid workers that are helping build water treatment plants in other parts of the country. he didnt address how those people are supposed to make their way all the way from where they are, traveling on a dirt ro...

Foreign, federal control, in our reserve. they want to not become a pariah. no access to international funding of any kind, to international funding of any kind, so we have levers in place and we have to keep that in place. i know there is a lot of talk about the deadline and after the deadline. there is more outside groups, perhaps, helping after the deadline passes. you heard about veterans groups organizing to rescue our allies in afghanistan, but how is the veterans affairs committee helping...

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 ...

Safe passage and well hold them accountable. as with all commitments, were focused on deeds, not words. what matters to us is the follow-through. what matters is the follow-through now, before august 31 and the follow-through after august 31. let me make another point. the taliban has also said publicly that they want an afghanistan that has a relationship with the rest of the world. they want to ensure that the afghanistan, under a future afghan government, is not the pariah that it would becom...

Forward commanding the military mission or having the surreal experience of having spent most of their careers fighting the taliban and now they have to have daily conversations with them. there is a wider question about how reliable the taliban are as an international partner as the government of afghanistan in the future, and everyone in the uk government has their eyes wide open to the possibility that the taliban may have changed and they may not want to be an international pariah, but they ...