embassy staff successfully pulled out of the country. it is the temporary closure of the u. s embassy in khartoum. us officials said. they do hope there s an opportunity here a ceasefire that holds a resolution between the two warring parties there and an opportunity to reopen the embassy. but that is an enormous question. as the fighting there enters its second week the u. s was looking for a window of opportunity, a ceasefire that holds essentially to be able to evacuate the embassy itself, and the weekend brought that opportunity. with the little fitr holiday, the two warring parties committed to the ceasefire even though there were reports of violations of that cease fire in the end, president joe biden made the decision to go ahead with the operation to evacuate the embassy. now a large question. what about all the u. s nationals? the private citizens who remain in the country, and there are thousands of them, many of them dual citizens. sudanese american right now. they have no h