this army and this government in 11 days. nonetheless, we planned and enter sielsed a wide range of contingencies. because of that planning we were able to draw down our embassy and move remaining personnel to the airport within 48 hours and the military placed on stand by by president biden secured the airport and started the evacuation within 72 hours. yes, that evacuation was an extraordinary effort under the most difficult conditions imaginable by our diplomats, military and intelligence professionals. they worked around the clock to get american citizens, afghans who helped us. sit since of allies and partners out of the country or to transit locations that our diplomats had worked. we reached out to americans still in country making 5,000 phone calls, sending 33,000