asking simply for an assurance that they will not be cast aside, they will flot be abandoned that america will step up and take responsibility for the lives that are in its care at the moment. >> clarissa, there is nothing hollow about the obligation that we know we have to the afghans who so bravely helped us over the last 20 years. nobody in the united states government more the pentagon understands that obligation to the individuals. and as i said before, we'll continue to do whatever we can to help them get out of the country in concert with the state department colleagues. we're committed to that and we're going to stay and do it for as long as we possibly can up until the end of the month, that is when the mission ends, we'll continue to work on that very hard and that is why we're continuing to flow in more forces and flow in more aircraft. >> joining me now for more on this is sarah jacobs serves on house foreign affairs and the armed services committee.