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Whether we re talking about afghan allies who have the right paperwork or american citizens, in some cases, they re standing there in this crowd, they re looking at servicemembers, they re yelling. what s the problem? why can t they get in? are u.s. servicemembers being given rules of engagement that preclude them from being able to help these allies or american citizens? we simply can t get people through the gate quickly enough. we don t have enough state department employees on the ground. the state department announced that they have 20 consular offices in kabul and they re waiting for 40 people to handle tens of thousands of evacuees. it s completely unacceptable. all the marines i ve talked to on the ground say that they need more troops. so, when the president and the secretary of defense claim that they are giving every resource necessary and available to this effort, that s just not true because you have marine ....
Though the administration maintains it was ready for this. absolutely preparations were made. we did contingency planning. but none of us can appreciate what happens when the end of a civil war takes place. and the victors enter the city. but we were prepared for this and we are working around the clock to insure that people are given support to get out of the country. the state department says it plans to double the number of consular offices in kabul by friday. white house official says yesterday the u.s. evacuated 1100 u.s. citizens, permanent residents, and their families on 13 flights. sources in the u.s. involved in these evacuations and contacts in kabul say the situation is tenuous with thousands crowding trying to get to the airport. that s just kabul. there are those looking the leave scattered across the ....