this up fnfolded in total silen. top cap cabinet members standing next to him and the transfer caskets were transferred. the president talked a lot about grief in his public life and we don t know the content of the conversations he had with families publicly, the president talked about his own experience with grief and these service members making that ultimate sacrifice. also expressing pride in the mission they under took in being able in the last week and a half to get out over 100,000 people evacuated from kabul but so young, ranging in age from 20 to just 31 and we also heard the secretary of state today describing these deaths as a punch in the gut. one thing to keep in mind, pam, there is still a serious terrorist threat in kabul. that is something the president, top white house officials and secretary of state made clear