afghans can clear but there are 10,000 at the airport. something is happening behind the scenes helping some people get through. can you talk about that to some extent? >> i'll start with the last question first. kind of comes off of some things that mr. kirby just said with that constant communication. you know, i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning these checkpoints exactly what the documentation needs to look like, times in coordination, details of that. as we know, though, there are reports of -- that some aren't able to get through there. i can tell you that the department of state, the consular affairs officers that are there are working with our commanders there to insure that documentation, names and those