evacuate afghan allies and veterans in the chaotic days after the u.s. withdrawal. he is joining me now, lieutenant colonel scott mahon. always good to have you. our condolences to nazrat s family and his wife. all of us in the community are busted up over this. understood. i wonder how you re busted up, the loss of life and, particularly, the special hearheart heartache, right, of having escaped the danger there only to find new danger here. yeah, it really is something that is plaguing our afghan brothers and sisters, and it is one of the reasons we re doing the play, jim. it s not just to honor the service of our veterans and our military families, but also our afghan partners. tell me how it stands in your view, the effort to get those afghan partners out. you know as well as i how many thousands are still waiting the chance to leave afghanistan