tripoli safely. thanks, we re very glad about that. unfortunately, there are american citizens who were not able to make it out. we had a number of problems today with our flight. basically the security circumstances in tripoli radically deteriorated after friday prayers, and it was impossible i think for we think up to 90 citizens who are trying to reach our u.s. government charter at the air base to join us, so we still think that there are well, at least 90, possibly more, american citizens who are hoping to get out of tripoli. because i are heard numbers, as many as 6,000 u.s. citizens were living in libya, many of them dual nationals, but they are u.s. citizens. do they want to stay, or are they trying to get out? right. i really don t know the answer to that question. we don t have a complete registration system of all the americans in any country because, of course, it s a voluntary registration system so
diplomat stationed in tripoli, libya. i spoke to her just after she got off the ground in istanbul, and i asked about the rest of the embassy staff. all u.s. direct hired staff and their families have departed tripoli safely. we re very glad about that. unfortunately, there are american citizens who were not able to make it out who had a number of problems today with our flight. basically, the security circumstances in tripoli radically deteriorated after friday prayers, and it was impossible, i think, for we think up to 90 citizens who are trying to reach our u.s. government charter at matige air base to join us. so we still think there are any well, at least 90, possibly more american citizens who are hoping to get out of tripoli. because i had heard numbers as many as 6,000 u.s. citizens were living in libya, many of them dual nationals, but they re u.s. citizens. do they want to stay, or are they trying to get out?
bust when president obama picked up the phone and together to president morsi, and right away things changed. what happened is the authorities in egypt have been robust in protecting our facility, not just in cairo but elsewhere in the country. president morsi has calmed for calm. we saw the same thing in yemen, in libya, tunisia. chris: so why ask all nongovernmental personnel to leave tunisia and sudan? guest: but are not asking all nongovernmental personnel. guest: we assess the security conditions necessity this, we have asked temporarily family members and nonessential personnel depart. we do that all over the world when security circumstances warrant. it is short-term. it is temporary.