officials, since a catastrophic attack could occur with little or no notice. today there are nearly 80 state department nominees pending before the senate. nearly two dozen have already been voted out of this committee on a strong bipartisan basis. and simply await a vote in the senate. for our national security, i respectfully urge the senate and this committee to move as skbiftly as possible to consider and confirm all pending nominees and address the significant disruption in our national security policy makes. now let me briefly outline what the state department has done in the last couple of weeks and where we re going in the weeks ahead. first as you know, we moved our diplomatic operations from kabul to doha where our new afghan affairs team is hard at work. many of our key partners have done the same thing. they ve joined us there in doha second, we ve continued our efforts to help any remaining americans as well as aftghans leave afghanistan if they
effort, an isis-k attack killed 13 service members working the gates at hkai. our service members gave their lives so that others could continue to live theirs. in the end, we completed one of the biggest airlifts in history. with 124,000 people vaccevacuato safety and on august 31st in kabul, the military in afghanistan officially ended and a new diplomatic mission began. i want to acknowledge the more than two dozen countries that have helped with the relocation effort. some serving as transit hubs, some welcoming refugees for longer periods of time. and as the 9/11 report suggested, it is essential that we accelerate the appointment process for national security
for himself. well let s take a different attack. he does speak for himself, but what happens when somebody doesn t want him speaking, you re telling us you don t know anything about this. that somebody cuts him off in mid sentence. that what you re trying to tell this committee. because everybody here has seen it. i m telling you based on my own experience with the president over the last 20 years, nip who tried to stop him from saying what he wanted to say, speaking his mind would probably not be longed for their job. let s turn to the dissent cable you received in july. are you willing to give a copy of this dissent cable from two dozen diplomats regarding the catastrophic collapse in afghanistan. are you willing to give a copy of that to this committee. this dissent channel is something that i place tremendous value and important on.
the united nations to align our efforts and fifth we ll continue to support the afghan people. consistent with sanctions. this aid will not flow through the government, but rather through independent organizations like ngos and un agencies. yesterday we announced that the united states has provided nearly 64 million in new humanitarian assistance to the people of afghanistan to meet critical health and nutrition needs to address the protection concerns of women and children and minorities to help more children including girls go back to school. this additional funding means the united states has provided nearly $330 million in assistance to the afghan people this fiscal year. in doha and ramstein, toward the facilities where afghans that we evacuated are being processed before moving on to the next destinations. here at home, i spent time at the dallas expo center where more than 45,000 afghans have been processed after arriving in
the united states. it is remarkable to see what our diplomats and military employees from many agencies across the u.s. government have been able to achieve in a very short time. they ve met an enormous human need. they ve coordinated food and water and sanitation for thousands people. arranging medical care including the delivery of babies. they re caring for unaccompanied minors. it is an extraordinary inner agency effort, a powerful testament to the skill, the dedication and the humanity of our people. and i think we could all be deepl deepl deeply proud of what they re doing and americans are welcoming americans from afghanistan into our communities, helping them re-settle as they are start new live and that is something to be proud of as well. with that, i thank the members of whthis committee and look forward to your questions. thank you, mr. secretary.