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Been instances where they have been escorted off due to paperwork issues. i d like to know what steps is the u.s. government taking to make sure that afghans do have safe passage to the airport, and under what circumstances are afghans with valid visas who are admitted to the airport ultimately escorted off the airport grounds? jeff, it s difficult for us to answer that here at the pentagon when we re not at the gates and on the ground at the airport. what i will tell you is a couple of things. and i recognize that no process is perfect and that the i m not disputing at all the accounts that you re relaying here today, that there may be hiccups and problems. we certainly recognize that. let me just take a couple of steps back and tell you how this is working, and we ve talked about this before. ....
Anymore. again, time and space are a premium at the airport. he has the authority to make that decision. i wasn t pushing back on the fact the withdrawal has been going on since april 14th when the president announced it. i wasn t pushing back. i wanted to make it clear that we hadn t pushed some button and said go retrograde now. we still have on the ground about 5,400 of the 5,800 that we reached at the maximum. admiral vasely has the authority to manage in a prudent way his force management on the ground. i haven t gone to the phones and i want to make sure i don t forget that. jeff showingal. thank you very much. from talking to military groups, it is evident that the taliban are still blocking afghans from gaining entrance to hamid karzai international airport. and even when afghans make it onto the airport, there have ....