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About 1,800 vulnerable afghans from germany to the united states today. in addition, approximately 2,000 more. ramstein air base is scheduled to receive 13 flights. yu com has assisted 12,000 afghans and evacuees for transit to onward locations. more details today as the press scheduled with mr. kirby and general walters later today. several thousand evacuees have arrived in the united states so far. and will continue to do so. in the past 24 hours, five flights landed at dulles international airport with approximately 1,200 passengers. as part of this process, these individuals completed vett...

Getting people on planes and those planes in the air because there is nowhere to receive them? >> i will talk to you about just bottlenecks. i talked a little bit about that earlier. as we -- those that depart kabul and get to those staging bases within u com or centcom, that's the coordination i was talking about earlier to insuring that we place, you know, evacuees in one of those 14 locations to prevent a bottleneck so as our increased through-put, increased that number that they are able to hold there centcom and u com are continuing to coordinate together and what the joint staff and tran...

Open and we will continue to assess those numbers throughout the day. when we go back to hubs and spokes, i will give you the macro and then we can get back with you on the real details. both within the u com, we have main hubs, and from there within the last 24 to 72 hours, both of those commands have started building up and going from an initial operating capability to get what we would call smaller satellite areas to ensure that with the through put that we have had we can safely and humanitarianly keep those people there until their flights go back into the states. when you specifically ta...

For entry departed for the united states. u com received nearly 8,000 evacuees and considering installations in germany, italy, and spain in preparation to receive more flights to allow greater through-put to the united states. as i mentioned yesterday, the number of temporary safe haven locations across europe and middle east stands at 14. this allows us to expedite movement out of kabul and gives us flexibility from these intermediate staging bases. we're appreciative of the support in this global effort from our allies and partners. we remain focused on the mission of bringing as many peopl...

We will continue to assess those numbers throughout the day. when we go back to hubs and spokes i will give you the macro and then we can get back to you on the real details of there. within the centcom and the u com we have main hubs. think of it ramstein going into qatar. within the last 24 to 72 hours both commands have started building up and going from an initial operating capability to get what we would call smaller satellite areas to insure that with the through-put that we've had, that we can safely keep those people there on their way to the united states.