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Briefing for those who can be here in washington or secure locations. but this is an unclassified briefing for members to call in from their t districts. as you know, the house has gone back home, a week ago now. the senate finally left after the infrastructure billin and t budget bills were passed. members are scattered. many people could as well be on official travel overseas. we don't know how many. these members will be briefed but b there is a telephone hook right now foroo members of congress. what secretary blinken has already b told our colleague chk todd -- it aired some places, airs ...

0 going in and out of the country. if that were to happen, big if. then the u.s. military, who are there, they will work to defense any u.s. americans who are there and to keep the airport open so they can get the americans out safely. also, though, it's important to point out, you know, there were about 1,000, less than 1,000 u.s. troops who were already there. only about a1,000, not really full 1,000 have made their way in. that total of 5,000. they are not there yet. >> yeah. >> the current plach is according to defense officials is to continue to flow those people in. but this is all happe...

President's office in the u.s. capitol. with the exception of george bush, the rest of us were going into this with a great deal of trepidation. and i remember saying, you know, this is really unfair of rather. it's like judging his career on the time he walked off the set. dan rather had walked off of the news set, in anger, like a couple of months earlier. but george bush said, you guys, you know, he looks at us like, you guys, you don't understand, this is going to be more thoughtful kind of a discussion. >> mr. vice president, thank you for being with us tonight. >> he's listen in an earpi...