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Afghanistan was likely. you heard john kirby speaking specifically to that today, as he said that the threat there is still very real and very dynamic. another thing the white house, of course, is watching is these evacuations. earlier today, they provided the latest numbers on that, saying that 6,800 people were evacuated on u.s. and coalition flights over the last 24-hour period. that is significantly less than the previous 24-hour period, which was 12,500. officials have said that that slowing of the pace of evacuations was expected as they entered this retrograde phase, which you heard kir...

This mission, to saving lives, to evacuating more people from the country over the coming days and completing their mission by the 31st. what it will mean as they move to this retrograde phase, reduction in numbers over the next couple days. we have been putting out numbers twice a day, so you can see how we are evacuating people out of the country. those numbers will go down in the next couple days and you should anticipate that. that is as result of the retrograde process that needs to take place, but also i will note force protection is front and center and vial to the mission. >> one more,...