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Kelly from nextstar. okay. anymore in the room? >> can i go back to the 2,500 americans estimate? that's a very small portion of the 15,000 that the president has said may be the top number of americans inside. are you making efforts to try to bring more americans in? i know you're cautioning them to be aware of the threat environment at the gates. at the same time, how do you get all those -- that many americans into the airport if there really are that many americans in country? >> i think you've heard us say before we don't have a perfect figure of how many are in afghanistan, let alone kab...

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Kelly from next star. okay. any more in the room? louie. >> can i go back to the 2500 american estimates. that's a very small portion of the 15,000 that the president said may be the top number of americans inside. are you making efforts to try to bring more americans in? you're cautioning them to be aware of the threat environment at the gates, but at the same time, how do you get all of those-- that many americans into the airport if there really are that many americans in country? >> well, i think you've heard us say before we don't have a perfect figure of how many are in afghanistan, let ...

Kelly. any more in the room? >> can i go back to the 2,500 american estimate? that's a very small portion of the 15,000 that the president has said may be the top number of americans inside. are you making efforts to try to bring more americans in? i know you're cautioning them to be aware of the threat environment at the gates, but at the same time, how do you get that many americans into the airport if there really are that many americans in the country? >> well, i think you've heard us say before we don't have a perfect figure of how many are in afghanistan, let alone kabul. and as the gene...

Thing on mass. later in the day, u.s. troops had to repel the crowd. another gate, what seemed to be british soldiers struggled to push back crowds and huge queues formed, blocking the streets. america has a numbers problem, getting enough people on but also claiming huge progress while not really knowing how many priority cases they're really seeking. >> how many american citizens remain in afghanistan? >> i don't know. >> what we do know is that 6,000 people are now at the airport. 6,000 people have been able to make it, have made it through the processing. and as of a couple of hours ago we...