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Base? >> they stay on -- theyll stay on base until they complete the special immigrant visa processing process, which is owned by the state department with the support. we provide medical support, contract medical support as part of that. each of the applicants will go through a screening process like screening for diseases, vaccinations, if they need vaccinated. well have the international migration organization come in towards the end and work with them on where they need to be relocated. many...

Afghans do you estimate are still at the kabul airport awaiting a flight out? >> ill defer to general mckenzie. i dont know that answer. the state department or centcom may have that answer for you, laura. >> it was about between 3,000 and 5,000 earlier today, but as we have talked about before, this is a snapshot in time. and it literally changes by the hour. the last thing that i saw was somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000. but, again, it changes hour to hour. courtney? >> general, i have a coup...

>> 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...

Correct? as it should be and as americans want it to be. >> it is. and keep in mind, i mean, this country, the united states was in afghanistan for 20 years. we helped set up and funded a bio metric id system that has been rolled out in afghanistan in the last couple of years. that is a tremendous advantage for the screening process compared to, say, earlier refugee flows that came from syria when we had no idea, frankly, what many of those people were. so i think, you know, talking to officials...

>> they have already gone the screening before putting their feet on u.s. soil. when they are through customed, theyre paroled into the united states of america. if they have relatives, theoretically they can go with those relatives what were doing is helping them get through the screening process. we provide all of the governmental organizations to support the medical process, et cetera. so we are not doing security screenings in support of state department. this is nor special immigrant status...

The continental united states from a security perspective. they are paroled into the united states of america. p and if they have relatives they can go with the relatives. were helping them get through the screening process. so were providing all the governmental organizations to support that. the medical process, et cetera. were not doing security screening for the state bept. i theep clarifies. >> do you have a breakdown by gender roughly how many women, boys, girls, and men have been processe...

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 ...

Up, how many sivs and other afghans do you estimate are still at the kabul airport awaiting a flight out? >> ill defer to general mckenzie. i dont know that answer. the state department or centcom may have that answer for you, laura. >> it was between 3,000 and 5,000 earlier today. as we have talked about before, this is a snapshot in time. it literally changes by the hour. the last thing that i saw is somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000. courtney? >> courtney from nbc news. a couple of clarificat...

0 we have a responsibility to these individuals that worked with our colleagues on the ground in kabul and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm that the vast majority of our locally-employed staff and their immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the ground of the hamed karzai airport. were working to evacuate remaining staff and weve been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they h...

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...