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Levels of means to start life over here. how long is dod prepared to house and feed these refugees? >> we're prepared to house them and feed them as long as it takes to get through them the process and as long as the secretary approves that. they are coming here, starting over with what they bring with them. we have been well supported by the local communities that have sumped in to help these families with things of need such as died diapers, clothing, formula. you see the gammet when talking these large numbers. >> willing thoes as they go through the process, what do you mean by the process...

This point? um -- anything about whether the marines noticed the attacker coming? um, anything about the -- the -- the firing of the shots? has any of that been kind of cleared up at this point? >> i don't have any additional details from what general mckenzie laid out yesterday. again, we are going to do the forensics on in and -- -- and try to learn as much as we can. and when we have some verifiable context to be able to talk to you about that, we'll do it but we are still digging into it right now. >> one other thing. do you have any timing on when you believe the air -- the aircraft with ...

>> they stay on base until they complete the special immigrant visa process which is owned by the state department with the support we provide medical support. we provide contract medical support as part of that. each will go through a screening process such as screening for disease. if they need vaccinated, we'll have the international migration organization to come in toward the end of the process and work with them on where they need to be relocated. many of them have family already here in the united states or relocated to place where there's afghan populations, et cetera. what we saw at f...

Coming across cleared by that process which i'm comfortable with. with regards to covid, the afghans coming from the middle east into our locations that we have stood up are all being tested. actually multiple times. we test them 100% upon arrival at each location. they're getting tested at dulles as well. and en route they get tested. i'll give you some numbers. we are seeing so far to date when i was at ft. mccoy only three out of more than 1,300 had tested positive. when i went to ft. bliss, the same day, 1 out of more than 1200 had tested positive for covid-19. i hope that helps. >> one ou...

You describe. dod work with the process owner dhs to streamline this. specifically customs and border protection along with tsa who owns that process. we knew exactly who was certifying that. that's customs that was certifying it across to the other side. if the improper system was utilized, they were being flagged as red on the receiving end at dulles. that should give you comfort that we're not leaning towards more conservative and pushing them out but ensuring verification. that led to the delays you're