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Also the international partners who supported the evacuation. in many soldiers and airmen and postcards who support this operation down ranch and across the central command and european command and northern command areas of responsibility. moreover, this evacuation could simply not have been done without the amazing flexibility of the us transportation command and the airlift provided by the voice and not only i would like to thank the hosts that are providing access to the facilities for the pr...

Down range across the central command, the european command and northern command areas of responsibility. moreover, this evacuation could not have been done without the amazing flexibility of u.s. transportation command and the air lift provided by the united states air force. no other military in the world has anything like it. id also like to thank the host nations that have generally provided access to their facilities for the care of evacuees. i also acknowledge the temporary suffering some ...

Ground with us today. many soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines and coast guardsman that support this operation across the central command, european command and area command is our responsibility. this evacuation could simply not have been done without the amazing flexibility of u.s. transportation command in the air lust provided you about the u.s. air force. no other military in the world is anything like it. i also like to thank the host nation thats provided access to their facilities for t...

The sailors and marines and all the others that supported the mission. moreover, this evacuation could not have been done without the amazing flexibility of u.s. transportation command and the airlift provided by the united states air force. no other military in the world has anything like it. id like to thank the host nations that have provided access to their facilities for the processing, the care and the feeding of our evacuees. i also need to acknowledge the temporary suffering that some of...

0 >> officials believe isis-k was behind the attacks, but theyre still working to confirm that. the state department had been warning for days of a terror attack at the airport. we have reporters standing by. lets start with barbara starr at the pentagon. what do we know about these military members who were killed and what were expected to hear from the pentagon? >> in just a very short while we are expecting to hear from general frank mckenzie, the head of the u.s. central command which overse...

But the general we were briefing with actually said there have been three babies born in these circumstances? >> yes, that is. right he surprise everyone on that, including. me this is general sea lions, he is the commander of u.s. transportation command. and we want him to come in and talk to our press corps about the incredible adjusts effort that is going in to moving these thousands of people out of afghanistan and into temporary safe havens elsewhere. as they work their way back to the unit...

Admiral kirby, thank you so much. i know its been a long couple weeks. even a long day today. thank you. >> my pleasure, rachel. thank you. >> let me start by asking you not about the most important thing, but something my interest was very piqued by at the second pentagon briefing in which we learned there wasnt just one baby born on one of these flights, one of these evacuation flights this weekend at ramstein in germany, but the general who you were briefing with, actually said theres been th...

This is general steve lyons, the commander of u.s. transportation command. we wanted him to come in and talk to our press corps about the incredible logistics effort that is going in to moving these thousands of people out of afghanistan into temporary safe havens elsewhere as they work back to the united states. right at the end of the briefing, he got asked about the one baby that we knew had been born, because there was great photographs of that, of course. and he let it slip that in fact, ac...

And there is sustaining on those flights coming in. were taking evacuees out. centcom is addressing that issue. >> general, were going to let you go unless you have any closing thoughts or anything you want to hit at the end here. >> john, again, thank you for being heart of this today. you know, again, how proud i am of our mobility airmen just operating around the globe. everybody is just in this all in, rolling as hard as we k were going to make this happen. >> thank you for your time today. ...

Efforts and make sure that our forces are protected and our military. >> well leave it there for now. we appreciate your time today. thank you. >> thank you. joining me now from the pentagon is nbc news correspondent courtney cubie. she was in the briefing room. ill ask you first, what stood out to you in the briefing to day? anything new we should be focusing in on? >> so when we heard from general lions, hes the head of u.s. transportation command, basically, hes the general who is in charge...