members in the cabinet of afghanistan, were there any terrorists of the 5,000 released with the consent and negotiated agreement of the trump administration? almost certainly, yes. i guess our concern about terrorists is pretty selective. limited to partisanship. i yield back. gentleman yields back his time. i now represent recognize representative steve shabbot of ohio for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. on august 16, mr. secretary president biden said that the administration had considered every contingency and was executing the evacuation according to your plan. was it part of your plan to rely on the taliban to ensure the safety of americans trying to flee the country? that s what happened.
0 are you negotiating with that taliban on the issue of legitimizing them as a real government? not only us but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or support. it starts with freedom of travel. we ve been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again, which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week with american citizens on board. with regard to masari shareef. there s been charter flights there for some time that have not been allowed to leave. we want to see the flights leave. we need to so a process put in place to allow the flights to start to move. we re working on that every day. thank you. i yield back. thank you. mr. secretary, we requested sets of classified briefings not long ago. welcome your assurance to schedule this briefing sometime in the immediate future. yes. absolutely. i now recognize respect b
been for republicans pretty good. let me give you a couple examples. north carolina 13, ted bud. ohio, steve shabbot. troy balderson. virginia 2, scott taylor. florida 25, carlos carbella. these are all seats that are suggesting that the republican is in the lead and pulling away. same thing in open seats. the democrats have pulled out of minnesota 8 because people stauv, the republican candidate is so strongly there. neil: when you look at the late-breaking issues that might influence this race, the caravan comes to mind. the secretary of state speaking with reporters in mexico city to try to get the mexicans on board.