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Die Schweizer Evakuierung aus Afghanistan war ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Zuletzt blieben nur noch wenige Tage und Stunden, um die Betroffenen in Sicherheit zu bringen. Ein Protokoll.
Of a clean up on that press conference saying when i was asked if we are going to get all americans out of afghanistan, i said that's what we intend to do. and that's exactly what we will do. he goes on in the tweet. and he says that thanks to the incredible work of our troops and diplomats, we will do that. he said today and people said wait a second, you are not going to get everybody out? >> yeah, you know, bret, i'm always smiling because of all the glowing articles about jake sullivan and joe biden and his foreign policy experience. this was going to be the most experienced team ever asse...
He didn't engage on the question. you can't expect a national security adviser to talk openly about intelligence assessments. back on july 8, president biden was asked about this. president biden said that is not true. >> reporter: that's a significant comment. it does not age well. it speaks to a delicate balancing act on the part of this administration as it pursued what president biden has been determined to engage in, which is the withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan while intelligence clearly was pointing in this direction. what is now one of the white house's chief talking points a...
It's the right time to do it. >> at what point is the fall of kabul inevitable? >> i wouldn't speculate. i'm not going to speculate about hypothetical situations in the future and i'm certainly not going to get into intelligence assessment. >> obviously you think it's close or you wouldn't evacuate these americans. >> i'm not going to speculate and i'm not going to talk about intelligence assessments. we believe this is the right thing to do and the right time to do it. as my state department colleague said earlier today, there's still a diplomatic presence in kabul and the intention is to mai...
It's too late. we believe this is not only the right thing to do, but it's the right time to do it. [ inaudible question ] >> i wouldn't speculate. i'm not going to speculate about hypothetical situations in the future and i'm certainly not going to get into intelligence assessments. >> you think it's close if you're evacuating all these americans? >> i'm not going to speculate about the future of kabul and i'm certainly not going to talk about intelligence assessments. we believe this is the right thing to do and the right time to do it. as my state department colleague said earlier today, th...