then being from such a diverse background. i m a disabled female, black person and i think that represents what this games is about. and the diversity. to be able to do that in this way ijust thought and the diversity. to be able to do that in this way i just thought was so special and it made me feel really special to be a part of it. you have achieved so much already. you have achieved so much already. you have achieved so much already. you have won two gold medals in the past. you could almost sit back on your laurels, couldn t you? you clearly want to compete. what do these games mean to you? yes. these games mean to you? yes, sittin: these games mean to you? yes, sitting back these games mean to you? yes, sitting back would these games mean to you? yes, sitting back would not these games mean to you? yes, sitting back would not be - these games mean to you? 1&1: sitting back would not be me. these games. i have not done a commonwealth games. in 2018 i had to sit out with a k
in life and i think we had very different upbringings. he made his money in the city and you could have, couldn t you ? you considered a job. i was offered two jobs. goldman sachs and the bank of england, and i chose the bank because i wanted to be an economist and i believed in public service. i had a great time at the bank. my firstjob was at the japan desk, analysing the japanese economy. little did i know that there might be parallels with our own economy. you applied to goldman sachs? yes, and i applied to some banks. i wanted to be an economist. did you sit there, thinking you could work there?
yes, because one of them, the one who went in, she went to my college. i have never heard of them, and i applied to the one she went to. so i went there and i said to her, i m here because of you. you say with horror that you are very different from these tory politicians. rishi sunak s background, middle class, one parent a doctor, one a pharmacist, the public sector. do you see some still similiarities? there s just huge differences. he went to winchester college. they had the money to be able to send him there. we took different routes in life and i think we had very different upbringings. it is very interesting. he made his money in the city and you could have, couldn t you?
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of there. so it is a complex inner agency effort here. tom, i can t guarantee a certain number by a certain day. as the general said, weather could play a factor. in fact weather has played a factor today. so what we think is at max capacity. 5,000 to 9,000 per day and a couple of dozen sorties per day, conditions permitting. but it has to be done in close concert with our state department colleagues. and so we ll do as much as we can for as long as we can. and you talk about the 31st and the mission coming to an end. that is an arbitrary date set by the white house. the white house could, the president could, i know this is a question for the white house, extend that deadline into september as long as the airport is secure, isn t that right? the mission that we ve been given, tom, is to conduct this drawdown by the 31st of august. but if the airport is secure, you could continue into september, couldn t you. that is a decision that the president, commander-in-chief