process in kabul. on january 4, 1 of the very first executive orders issued by president biden directed us to process siv applications more efficiently and quickly. i added 50 people to the team in washington to process applications. we also sent more siv adjudicators to kabul and doubled the siv adjudicators working on applications. when going on departure in april and many of the embassy personnel returned to the united states, we sent more siv adjudicators. in may, we lessened the type of