cooperation pretty pointed out that the pentagon and state department 7a contingency plan for a new timetable if that becomes necessary. here is mister biden. we are currently on a pace t finish with august 31. for the significant finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. i m and determined to ensure that we complete our mission, this mission. i m also mindful of the increasing risks that i ve been briefed on and the need to factor those risks in. a lot of criticism him. as you also said, shana, beginning with former white house chief of staff, he took t twitter to slam biden s decision . he set of president trump was there the deadline would be the day every single american it is before and not before.
and to think of the downstream effect of this, to believe that the g7 and said we need you, america, past the 31st of the president still turned around and said, no, we are out of here . our nato allies, the uk, a member of parliament on the floor of the house of commons calling the president shameful. this is insane. well we had someone almost like, a veteran, who was working , as many people are, road leadership, talking to people on the ground and that the gates and tried to do anything he can to help people that worked with him to get through. the new york times talking abou a former cia officer, putting veterans in contact and organizing operations get some 500 they ve worked considered at high risk of reprisal and they got them inside the gates at th airport and then he set they were turned back in what he described as the state department checkpoint.
if you saw the president turnin his back and walking away as he does fairly often now. that s obviously intentional. with the optics i think are not exactly what the white house ha in mind because it s almost as if the president is turning his back on the american people and rejecting their concerns and their questions about afghanistan in favor of some build back better policy that most people simply don t care about right now. the american people can t be in the room so they are relying on the press to ask the tough questions. so they are now left raising their hands palms to the sky asking what was that today. the demanding accountability from the man who who said the buck stops with be in today circumstances of the white house , and i m using that loosely, was obviously for many americans it felt like they wer not being respected and they certainly we re not getting the answers they deserved and a not so sure that this will play wel if they keep up the strategy. they can always cha
believe the number is still in the thousands that we continue to hope and pray for their very safety. and for our military men and women. frighted to hornets this. kevin, and the critics been slamming the president for that speech being started several hours late and then talking about has built before he ever got to this crisis in afghanistan were american mice are in the balance. and then there s this come abruptly leaving without taking questions from reporters, including our own peter ducey. can you hear and keep every american out? kevin, as you mentioned, you ve, are very numerous white house administrations. how do you think this is playin with the american people. quite frankly it s shocking for the problem here is the white house obviously doesn t care what the press thinks or wants, so ignoring their questions.
[indiscernible] after her family got abuse by the taliban, she did finally ge out, as have many others now, including a group of people tha work at fox news. this network like other media organizations have helped organize a fight for them this past weekend. in the world word or afghan producer away from the grip of the taliban, it is a great feeling. it is not a great time for many others in afghanistan. we cannot forget about a single one. so let s talk about the real world impact and the president decision to hold fast to the august 31 withdrawal deadline. congressman mark read and forme green beret who served, michael