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The embassy personnel to continue to function with the consular services and all that. if we were to keep both bagram and the embassy going, that would be a significant number of military forces that would have exceeded what we had. and so a decision was made, proposal was made from centcom to collapse bagram and we estimated that the risk of going out of bagram was about the same. so going out of kaya was estimated to be the better tactical solution in accordance with the mission set that we we...

Days earlier? >> who is that for? >> either one. >> you know, we make plans for a number of things and clearly as chairman pointed out, as we did detailed planning throughout, we recognize that there might be a point in time when you have to conduct a neo. so we positioned all the right forces in theater to be able to do that. we put forces on standby in the united states to support that. and of course, you know, we also did -- were in support of the state-led siv applicant process throughout. s...

Uncertainty? >> in terms of the aircraft that have been flown out that you mentioned earlier, i have received reports of a number of aircraft that were flown into uzbekistan. exactly how many, you know, i dont have firm numbers on. in terms of what were doing about them currently, right now were focused on the airfield and getting people out safely. and so were going to take that issue up at a later date. and well continue to try to gain greater ability on the issue as well. >> and on your quest...

For as long as we possibly can. we will continue to tdeconflict issues with the taliban and we will stay focused on securing the airfield. we cannot afford to either not defend that airfield or not have an airfield that is secure where we have hundreds or thousands of civilians that can access the airfield at will and put yoour forces at risk. >> but that doesnt answer the question. these people cant get into the airfield. >> well do everything we can to continue to try to deconflict and create ...

Destroy some of that equipment to avoid it falling in to talibans hands? >> thanks, bob. in terms of whether or not we intend to send forces outside of the airfield to collect up american citizens or afghans who are special immigrant visa applicants, the forces that we have are focused on security of the airfield. and you know how important that is and you know what happens if we lose the ability to provide that security. and so i dont want to detract from that. and we have to make sure that we ...