few hundred feet away at the baron hotel is where the explosions took place. a u.s. service member hasn't been killed since early february of 2020, shortly before the signing of the doha agreement which led to the beginning of the withdrawal which was effectively in its last five days, the last hundred hours with the horrible news these service members are killed. now, of course, there are critical decisions that have to be made not only by president joe biden but the state department and pentagon. first among them, do you send in extra security to try to beef up the security of kabul international airport, to try to secure the field itself. u.s. forces were already participating in and leading efforts to try to secure the field. is it too late to add security or is it time to wrap up the operation as quickly as possible and get out. these are the difficult decisions that have to be made under the pressure of not only still trying to evacuate as many afghans as possible. in a 24-hour span the u.s. was able to evacuate 13,000 in the last 24 hours along with its coalition partners. is it time to wrap that up or does that continue until the