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To be to all american citizens including elected officials, this is not the time to travel to afghanistan. our focus, our objectives, our resources need to be laser focused on evacuating afghan partners, evacuating american citizens and that's best done in the hands of the department of defense and state department professionals on the ground. >> one more. the third is the deadline of the draw down. when do the gears shift from evacuation initiative to withdrawing troops? >> i noted earlier that the president was briefed this morning on contingency plans and continues to have optionalty should...

Congress need to pass it mandating support and better address this? >> we have made clear that we expect private sector companies to report when they have experienced a cyber breach. there's an impact on the american public in many cases. there is congressional legislation that some are considering and there are a range of options that could be taken by congress and we'll look at those as they move forward and if they move forward. our view has long been it is combined responsibility of the federal government to put in place clear guidelines, clear best practices and the private sector to take...

Duoot two other items. today we have announced new actions to protect vulnerable tenants and landlords. for months the administration has worked to speed up the delivery of emergency rental assistance as we talked about quite a bit and help keep americans safe and in their homes. no state or locality should delay in distributing resources that have been provided by congress to meet families of critical needs want to continue to take steps to make that easier. they are providing permission for grantees to use. in order to speed the delivery of assistance to households in need during the public ...

0 >> it does not. >> lprs also been qucontacted? >> yep. >> what about siv applicants? can we get numbers? >> it's okay. >> since this whole thing began there's been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it's handled. there's been a lot of push back about the hand that you were dealt by the previous administration in terms of the deal with the taliban and terms of the siv program and the broader refugee program. you have been in office for almost eight months. it's been five months since the president's decision was made. is there anything about the shortcomings that have been so r...