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Earlier so there would not have been a bigger surgeon the siv issue. i recognize, i think it is only fair to put in context, that your own testimony suggests that there was a 17,000 siv backlog that hadnt -- nine months had passed by without a single interview. so obviously you inherited a significant backlog. but how many sieves -- sivs we awarded during the trump administration. >> i dont have the numbers in front of me, over the course of the administration there must have been several though...

Challenging situation. >> should we not have started earlier so there wasnt a bigger surge on the siv issue? i recognize i think its only fair to put in context that your own testimony suggested there was a 17,000 siv backlog that nine months had passed by without a single interview. so obviously you inherited a significant backlog. how many sivs were award evidence during the trump administration? >> i dont have the numbers if front of me. over the course of the administration there must have b...

Earlier? should there not have been a bigger surge on the siv issue? i recognize, i think its only fair to put in context that your own testimony suggested that there was a 17,000 siv backlog. nine months had passed by without a single interview, so obviously you inherited a significant backlog, but how many sivs were awarded during the trump administration? >> i dont have the numbers in front of me, but i think over the course of the administration, there must have been several thousand. >> so ...

Numbers. go ahead. >> there was specificity on what the president said is an achieved mission pertaining to americans. do you have a specific number or threshold when it comes to afghans about what would definet 31st. >> weve never put a cap on the number of special immigrant visa applications or the number of individuals who can apply for our variety of programs that are overseen by the state department. im not going to put a cap on that today. i would also note that as the secretary of state s...

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 ...

Afghanistan every day. the non-profit community is inundated. the taliban will continue to hunt them, and we lose the capacity to really safeguard them because the mission becomes get out. theres 17,000 afghans in the s.i.v. backlog right now. they represent 70,000 family members. even at the height of our efficiency we were only processing 4,000 visas a year. we dont have years. we might not have weeks. >> i mean, it makes me angry. ive been following this, as you know, for many years as well. ...