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Of more than 60,000 u.s. refugees by the end of the month. already, they felt built small cities on eight bases. those bases now hold 53,000 at-risk afghan. ft. bliss in texas was the first to grant media access. here, there's housing for more than 10,000 afghans. they'll get covid vaccines, medical screen welcome and the beginning of a new life. at joint base maguire diction lake hurst in new jersey, the afghans have broken up their vigil into counsels. the leaders of these counsels meet with base officials on afghan society within a u.s. military facility. already two babies were born on dif...

A dedicated team are working closely with numerous agencies, both government and nongovernment, to ensure further requirements and additional capabilities are available. we will keep you updated on this effort. they continue to conduct humanitarian relief operations in haiti and north com is postured to support fema as a lead federal agency in preparing for tropical storm ida. lastly, i want to share the department of defense will shortly release the names of the 13 service members who were killed in service to their country. we grieve with the gold star families, friends and loved ones of our...

And then medical professionals make the proper decisions after that. >> are there any concerns about positive tests for soldiers on the ground? >> of course there's -- >> have there been any examples of soldiers testing positive? >> i don't have that level of detail. i don't know what positive results may have come in for soldiers working at the airfield. but obviously their health and safety remains a top concern for all of us. yeah. louis? >> clarification at the top i think you announced that -- >> that is correct. >> is that something new? >> that is one additional base we had been talking...

>> any concerns about positive tests for soldiers on the ground or any examples of soldiers testing positive? >> i don't have that level -- i don't know what positive results may have come in for soldiers working at the airfield but obviously their health and safety remains a top concern for all of us. yeah. >> at the top i think you announced joint base mcguire is -- is that something new? >> that is one additional base. we had been talking about three before that. joint base mcguire-dix-lake hurst is now available. with the four bases what our goal would be is to reach the

0 require constant coordination and deconfliction with the taliban. it is absolutely requiring us to keep these lines of communication with the taliban open that have checkpoints beyond the airport. we have seen this coordination has worked well in terms of allowing access and flow to continue. one of our commanders used helicopters to bring people in because of the crowd size. crowd size matters, too, and that's what the president was referring to. >> i have two questions. i would like to go back to the incident. can you be a little more specific and tell us if you can rule out the attackers ...