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Repeatedly making 55,000 phone calls, sending 33,000 e-mails since august 14th. they solved problem after problem to keep the mission moving forward. they did this because this evacuation operation was very personal. many worked hand in hand for years with afghan partners. many of whom became trust friends. we also lost church members of our foreign service community in afghanistan. we'll never forget them. helping americans, our foreign partners who have been by our side for 20 years and afghans at risk at this critical moment was more than just a high stakes assignment for our team.

Since august 14th. they solved problem after problem to keep the mission moving forward. they did this because for the thousands of state department and u.s. aid employees who served in afghanistan for the past 20 years this evacuation operation was very personal. many worked hand in hand for years with afghan partners. many of whom became trusted friends. we also lost cherished members of our foreign service community in afghanistan. we'll never forget them. helping americans our foreign partners who have been by our side for 20 years and afghans at risk at this critical moment was more than ...

Rental assistance program training held by the association of pro bono counsel and law firm anti-racism alliance. darlene, kick us off. >> thanks, jen. switching to afghanistan, as of yesterday, there were about 300 u.s. citizens who were still there and wanted to get out by the deadline. do you have an update on that number? are we still looking at 300 waiting to get out? >> absolutely. well, i know my state department colleagues will have a more specific up to date number but let me give you an update of where things stand at this point. of those who self-identified as americans in afghanist...

After hurricane katrina. and hospitals across the south are now running out of oxygen as people who still are not vaccinated push icus to the limits. ♪ welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. and we begin this hour with breaking news in our world lead hours before the u.s. is due to leave afghanistan completely, there are still some 250 american citizens in the country who want to leave and have not been able to. that is according to a senior state department official. the 20-year-long war in afghanistan, america's longest war, does appear almost over. it is now august 31st in kabul, and...

Deadline for evacuations to end and for all u.s. troops to withdraw from that country. it is believed that less than 250 americans remain in afghanistan. in the next hour secretary of state tony blinken will deliver remarks on the next stage in those efforts to evacuate americans and our allies from afghanistan. we will bring those remarks to you live when they begin. earlier today the pentagon announced that 1,200 people have been flown out of afghanistan in just the last 24 hours. and then in total more than 116,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan just since august 14th. it is li...