to understand how putin how he looks at the world, that he feels like he s been hemmed in by nato for years. we have to help vladimir putin get out of the corner. we have to work with him to provide an off ramp. he doesn t want that. he wants to reconstitute the soviet union. so what do we do? do we not pick up the phone and call? no. we need to continue engaging actively and always be willing to work with him to get that off ramp. but this idea that sanctions may be too tough on vladimir putin, please. if you are thinking that, do your country and do did ukrainian people a favor and, you know what? turn in your badge and leave the white house today because you are doing a grave disservice to the people of ukraine, to our allies in nato, to americans who still believe that this country, the united states of america,
almost 50 years. has the word disciplined ever know used to describe him? well, no. he got into a lot of trouble with speeches and issues around that over the history. i worked with leon penetta. president clinton was disciplined when it came to the words of foreign policy. he knew every single one has meaning that reverberates around the world. laura: thank you. if biden s team cared about stopping autocrats they would reach out to americans who voted to trump and standing up for china. instead reaching out to china and bashing republicans. politico said the white house postponeded a summit with leaders from southeast asia schedule for this week. this is author of the 100 year
days. nonetheless, we planned and exercised a wide range of contingencies. because of that, we were able to draw down within 48 hours and the military placed on stand by by president biden was able to secure the airport and start the evacuation within 72 hours. and yes, that evacuation was an extraordinary effort under the most difficult conditions imaginable. they worked around the clock to get american citizens, afghans who helped us, citizens of our allies and partners on planes out of the country. off to the united states or to transit locations that our diplomats had arranged or negotiated in multiple countries. our consular team worked 24/7 to reach out to americans who could still be in country. making 55,000 phone calls, sends thousands of e-mails by august
that our diplomats had arranged and negotiated in multiple countries. our consular team worked 24/7 to reach out to americans who could still be in the country, making in those couple of weeks 55,000 phone calls, sending 33,000 emails. working the gates, wounding 20 others and killing and wounding scores of afghans. these american service members gave their lives so that other lives could continue. in the end, we completed one of the biggest air lifts in history with 124,000 people evacuated to safety. and on august 31 in kabul, the military mission in afghanistan officially ended, and the new diplomatic mission began.
not only would they kill him but they d kill his family, too. for initially for being married to an afghan american. that s one of the main reasons. next is for leaving his country and going to america. you are considered a traitor. so not only are you a traitor with the special immigration visas but you re a traitor with the immigration visas as well. so we need to help both these both these categories. thousands and thousands of people, including u.s. citizens who can t get through. kristen, what zorah is describing is the very reason you are now trying to help individuals get out of afghanistan. people who were friendly to americans, who were trying to stabilize their country, trying to learn. can you speak a little bit about what you re doing to address zorah s situation, more or less, of people whose like her husband, that are in similar situations? what zorah is describing is