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You'll see at the task force. task force eagle at ft. lee virginia stood up in july and has capacity for 1,750. today task force eagle at ft. lee supported 1,647 afghan special immigrant visa applicants and their families. half of whom have completed the process and have moved on with the support of the department of state, nongovernmental, intergovernmental organizations and volunteer organizations. task force bliss at ft. bliss, texas, currently has capacity of 5,000. and received first flights with vulnerable afghans on saturday, august 21st. the base supported to date 2,160 afghans. housed...

0 kabul. and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm the vast majority of our staff and the immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the grounds of the karzai international airport. we're actively working to evacuate remaining staff and we have been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. they are our colleagues as you heard us say before, our embassies around the world simply could not function without locally employed staff. a...

People in a timely fashion when th e -- working 24 hours a day to do the vetting necessary and reviews necessary to move people into the united states. now, i would remind you that there are a number of people, tens of thousands of people departing on afghanistan who are going to third countries. they only proceeded through serp steps of the immigrant visa process or the vetting process has not yet been completed. i can give you a bit more detail on the vetting process if that is helpful .

As possible to get those allies out. i think we all agree that not only are we backing out on a promise that we made, but we really encouraged not just the special immigrant visa applicants but the women, the girls that are getting an education, the women that are starting nonprofits, we encouraged them to stand up to folks like the taliban and now we're leaving them behind. first and foremost, let's say as long as we can to get them out with the understanding that the longer we do stay, the greater risk we're asking our military to make another sacrifice. overall in the long run, let's stop w...

The ones getting shot at and they're not the soldiers. what are some of the complications we're still facing on the ground? >> there are many complications. obviously the fact that we have withdrawn so far and are really only at the airport, you're basically asking the military when senator sasse makes these really strong words from behind a desk, he's basically asking the military to do a reinvasion of new parts of the country and to do so without any bloodshed or loss of american life. that's incredibly complicated. and the most frustrating thing, i think, is that where were these courses, w...