evacuation. as you know, david, we were still in the process, before there was a need to do a non-combatant evacuation, we were still in the process of a drawdown at the airport, the previous plan, by the end of the month. some of the troops that flew home yesterday were in that tranche. they were very much a part of the original drawdown plan. admiral vasely saw fit that there was some others that he believed that he didn t need there at the airport anymore even though they had flown in with the plus-up for the neo. these are headquarter staff personnel, maintainers and other enabling forces who either had completed their mission and were already scheduled to go, as i said, even before there was a non-combatant evacuation and others who admiral vasely determined their mission was complete, he didn t need them
we were still in the process of a draw down at the airport. the previous plan by the end of the month. some of the troop that s flew home were in that tronch. they were very much part of the original plan. and they saw fit that there was others they believed that he didn t need there at the airport. the headquarter staff personnel, maintainers, and other enabling forces that completed and were already scheduled to go. and up and to that point. so i wasn t pushing back on the withdrawal that has been going