to save people. we have to be firmly focused on that. the white house and the president said again yesterday we re sticking to the august 31st deadline, we re getting out. but we re committed to getting americans out after that date. what does september 1st look like? based on what you saw yesterday, american fighting forces have left, but we still want to get americans out, we want to get some afghan wartime allies out, how do we go about that? here s the blunt answer, willie, i don t know because we don t have a plan. everything that s happening right now, these extraordinary numbers of people that we re bringing out, it s because of these heroic efforts by our troops and our state department diplomats, young consulate officers trying to sort through immigration paperwork. it s because of their heroism on the ground we re saving so many people not because anyone in washington gave them a plan. and, you know, look, this sadly reminds me of when i was a