anymore. again, time and space are a premium at the airport. he has the authority to make that decision. i wasn t pushing back on the fact the withdrawal has been going on since april 14th when the president announced it. i wasn t pushing back. i wanted to make it clear that we hadn t pushed some button and said go retrograde now. we still have on the ground about 5,400 of the 5,800 that we reached at the maximum. admiral vasely has the authority to manage in a prudent way his force management on the ground. i haven t gone to the phones and i want to make sure i don t forget that. jeff showingal. thank you very much. from talking to military groups, it is evident that the taliban are still blocking afghans from gaining entrance to hamid karzai international airport. and even when afghans make it onto the airport, there have