are you concerned about some secrets they might gain or s concern about weapons that might have been left behind? you don t have to reveal secrets that might have what been left behind but things specifically that concern you that we really haven t talked about? yeah, they are all broad categories of things. i was talking to a colleague just today about explosives that the afghans were receiving. it is very, very sophisticated training. and when the order to get out came, it was given with such haste that there was something on the order at 15,000 pounds of high explosives that were left behind. that is just one training site. sibley did a good job. the coalition partners really did a good job over the last year of drying up the supply of explosives that were in that country and forced a lot of
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there are people desperate to get in there, with the most capable military in the world. we are, and that most capable military in the world is going to make sure that that airfield remains secure and safe. we re going to look at every way, every means possible to get american citizens, third-country nationals, special immigrant visa applicants into the airfield. reporter: and tonight, an extraordinary story of goodwill emerging. groups of u.s. veterans around the world coordinating with contacts on the ground to assist and rescue afghans who have served the u.s. we couldn t stand by and just watch people we know fall to a very, very certain fate. reporter: russell worth parker is a former marine and part of task force dunkirk. having done multiple tours of duty in afghanistan and iraq, worth parker says he is duty-bound to help. i don t know that i could live with myself if i didn t do something to just get one more