took over got only 2000 or less than 10% of the applicants for the visas out of the country for consideration. meaning that the military if it stuck to its august 31st deadline, would have been gone and left these people to the mercies of the taliban or whoever was in control of kabul and other cities without protection while their visas were being considered. and that timeline just doesn't wash. now the president is going to have to make a case that he's doing everything he can. it looks like the u.s. is in control inside the walls of the airport. but outside the walls, we had no presence. we have no sovereignty. we have no authority, and so the bigger problem which is getting people to the airport, is the one i'm going -- that's the problem i want to hear how he plans to address. jake sullivan, his national