is there logistics are all out of kilter and part of that starts with, i kilter and part of that starts with, ithink. kilter and part of that starts with, i think, some kilter and part of that starts with, ithink, some bad kilter and part of that starts with, i think, some bad assumptions at the beginning i think, some bad assumptions at the beginning of the war about how long it would beginning of the war about how long it would last and i believe there are actually those who felt that after are actually those who felt that after an are actually those who felt that after an initial skirmish they would probably after an initial skirmish they would probably be welcomed with open arms are not probably be welcomed with open arms are not turned out not to be the case: are not turned out not to be the case, they are not turned out not to be the case, they have been behind the power case, they have been behind the power curve, as we say in the flying business. power curve,
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their own countries out of the country of afghanistan. so we were pushing on the state department, however, the state department drug their feet and we know they really didn t start a concerted effort until about the middle of july in getting those siv s going. so we were way behind the power curve and it was an issue that we raised very early in the spring and we continued to raise today. i don t know how we solve this problem. i do know there are many charitable organizations that are working on getting siv s and american citizens out of afghanistan right now. but it is much more complicated because we don t have the folks doing consular activities in afghanistan right now. neil: the leverage we do have, senator, we hear from the administration and the state department is that 9 1/2 billion in frozen funds, we can unfreeze them and the taliban knows that and will probably try to work with us because it wants that.
bit behind the power curve here and if these if there were to be a major flow from the inner land, it needed to start way back when the trimmers and indications that units were to go would bbling and the mission to fail. the other aspect, there is an inward focus of getting as many people out. u.s. military can t push out beyond that help. people want to help. it is a desperately fragile situation still within kabul and especially the airport. a lot of moving pieces and this is a real tragedy. and in the end, this may be in part but we don t like it, be in part on the large taliban leadership. both in kabul now and regionally and right now, they have been at least in the kabul area, they