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>> so if the taliban had begun the siege on attacks and resumed attacks on troops, would 2500 have been enough to have stopped the -- >> no? >> i think it was the assessment of our military leaders that not to put a number on it but significant additional u.s. forces would have been required both to protect ourselves and to prevent the onslaught from the taliban against the capitals and kabul. >> was it decision between leaving and the status. this was between a significant commitment of new u.s. resources to the fight or the continuation of withdrawal plan? >> that's correct. >> okay. let's t...

With me how do we ensure safe passage across land, borders, whether into tajikstan or pakistan with safe and regular flights out of afghanistan, whether from sharif or kabul and how do we get documents into the hands those that don't have identity documents because tler were destroyed in our embassy or they destroyed them themselves out of fear of the taliban and how do we make sure that we're providing the financial support needed for the whole group of refugees who after thorough vetting ultimately reach the united states. >> thank you very much, senator. those are all very important questio...

>> so the siv numbers, that we're tabulating right now because we're trying to account for every one who has come in. some people remain in transit countries. other people are now in the united states. we're putting all of those numbers together to determine -- the overwhelming majority of afghans who have come out of afghanistan thanks to our evacuation efforts are in one way or another afghans at risk. some will be siv applicants and others will be p-1 or p-2 or afghans at risk. we're breaking down the numbers and we should have a break down in the next couple of weeks. >> thank you. looking...

Have are properly documented with a visa. including specific those who worked in some capacity for the united states. and not only do we have that understanding in public statements by the taliban, of course it is built into everything we've done with a large coalition of countries in terms of seventying an expectation and making very clear that the failure to fulfill that expectation will have significant consequences which we could get into. second, very important to make sure that there are ways to travel freely from the country. we made an intensive effort before we left to understand and ...

Without the afghan military or a functioning government, would that have been enough to retake kabul to be able to secure the passage to everybody at the airport? >> i don't want to profresz to be a military expert. i can i say think safely it would have taken a substantial number of forces to try to retake the city or establish a much broader perimeter, and, of course, if that was ultimately opposed by the taliban, in a sense, it would have defeated the purpose. anyone outside that perimeter would not have been allowed to get through it to come to the airport. among other things. >> right. on...