evacuation operations in the course of the day. and my point yesterday was those are not true. we're not shutting down evacuation operation. we're going to continue going until the end. we are still in charge of the airport. we are still in charge of security at the airport. and what has -- what was true a few days ago is still true today. the taliban have checkpoints around the airport in a loose perimeter, if you will, but they are not manning gates. they are not at the airport doing security rolls or anything like that. >> they're not at the airport. >> they are not at the airport. >> okay, thanks. >> going back to the drone strike, you obviously can't give specific names of countries, but did you notify any countries through which the drone may have had to fly through before the strike? and which committees on the hill did you notify prior to the strike, if at all? >> i don't -- as far as i know,