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First at the transit point. >> it would be nice if it was done before we brought tomorrow this the united states of america. >> are they rurd to be vaccinated before coming to the united states of america? >> they are vaccinated in the united states before they are -- before they are resettled into the united states. >> none of these afghan citizens that are allowed to leave these resettlement communities, ft. dix, dulles, et cetera, are allowed to leave new of them, none of them are leaving unless they're vaccinated for covid-19 s that your testimony? >> they're tested forever covid-19 and va...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, you're correct. there are flights that have been there for some time that have not been allowed to leave. we want to see the f...

To be seen in. in the past few years, and the initiative - to be seen in. in the past few years, and the initiative out l to be seen in. in the past few| years, and the initiative out of qatar, involving germany. qatar is very important _ qatar, involving germany. qatar is very important country _ qatar, involving germany. qatar is very important country here - qatar, involving germany. qatar is. very important country here because it is notjust a transit point in terms of where the afghans are being airlifted to, but also the headquarters of the taliban. that is really giving interviews for t...

Border nations to open up their borders to afghans, even if only as a transit point to a third location. you know, some of these countries don't want to have tens of thousands of refugees. understandable. we can do that. we just need a transit point. thirdly, as i said, whether it is directly or through the u.n. or the icrc, we have to have an agreement with the taliban to allow flights to come in, pick up people and get out to those nations that are willing to take them even without visas or passports, like uganda and ukraine that have offered. that's key. we can't stop. no one left behind. y...

Graham, who, you know, is theoretically someone not at the far militant end of the party was talking about impeaching biden over this. so i think that's just a reflection of where we are politically. he does have to get this under control. i mean, you know, in some ways they seem to be heading toward that with the enormous amount of people they have moved out in the past few days. but this is a reminder of how much exposure and vulnerability both literally for our service members and politically for the president we have each day that we have that presence at the airport in kabul. >> ron brown...