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We are committed to deal with you, your wife, and your child to get all three of you out of afghanistan. that's the commitment. >> thank you, sir. >> meredith lee of pbs "newshour." >> thank you, mr. president. you mentioned just now using every resource available for evacuations. why haven't you ordered the military to expand the security perimeter around the kabul airport? do you have any plans to do so, given that will likely require more u.s. troops, and are you considering rescue operations to recover americans and afghan allies stuck behind taliban checkpoints? >> the answer is yes to th...

We talked yesterday about overwatch flights over kabul. that is to make sure that we're ready if we need to defend ourselves. i'm not going to get into potential future operations. i'm not going to speculate or when or what conditions we might expand the security perimeter that we're working with there. the president is absolutely right. an expansion does incur extra risk. you have to balance risk versus gain in every particular military operation you're conducting. that will be no different for this one. >> we're also seeing reports that there might be food, water, sanitation shortages for th...

Can do to get you there. we have got to get you out. we are committed to deal with you, your wife, and your children to get all three of yo out of afghanistan. that is the commitment. meredith lee. >> you mentioned just now using every resource available for evacuations, why haven't you ordered the military to expand the security perimeter around the airport? you have any plans to do so tha will likely require more u.s. troops, and are you considering rescue operations to recover americans and afghan allies stuck behind taliban checkpoints ? to get the last answer is yes t the last question co...

Eight hours. since she has been on the airfield. joining me now is retired general wesley clark, a former sum ream allied commander and a cnn military analyst. thank you for being here. your reaction, clarissa said that since she's been on the airfield she's not seen a flight take off. they are not moving people on to these planes like they need to be in the last eight hours. what is your assessment of what is going on? >> well, i think the military has done about as much as it could in getting in there quickly and trying to establish i security perimeter. this is not purely a military problem...

We are committed to deal with you and your wife and your child to get all three of you out of afghanistan. that is the commitment. >> thank you, sir. >> meredith lee of pbs newshour. >> you mentioned just now of using every resource available for evacuation, and why haven't you ordered the military to expand a security perimeter around the kabul airport and do you have any plans to do that given more military troops and are you plans to have rescue troops to get the allies stuck behind the taliban checkpoints? >> the last answer is yes to the other opportunities and means by which we can get f...