review the processing of afghans who will ultimately had to the u.s. overall, these visits will reassure american allies they can count on washington and to polish up the exodus from afghanistan that still has thousands traps. the major word over the next few days and coming weeks will be diplomacy, diplomacy, diplomacy. that is all the united states has left, and they will look to leverage any sort of influence they have to get the americans out and help a few of those afghan allies in the process. anita. >> anita: thank you so much. julie. >> julie: for more on this, he has a marine corps veteran and candidate for the u.s. senate in ohio. former senior state department advisor under president trump. also a candidate for congress in new hampshire. good luck to you on that. i will start with you, matt. he has served on the state department, and you were given a simple mission.