Earlier today about developments in afghanistan. She said in the last 24 hours, the u. S. Military has evacuated about 2000 people with 5000 more processed. Good afternoon. We have a special guest with us today. Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman to speak about afghanistan. She will offer some words at the top and take a few questions then we will resume with our regularly scheduled programming. Thank you very much. That afternoon. I want to update you all on the situation on the ground in afghanistan. The State Department i can tell you from personal experience has been working around the clock to respond to an enormously challenging and fluid situation. This is absolutely an all hands on Deck Effort to ensure the safety of our citizens. Well invite more than 800 afghan special visa holders to aboard flights to the United States. We are going to expand our notification and expanding them to transmit information about evacuation options to each group. Well continue to accelerate our effort
Completed its drawdown and those remaining will assist in the departure of u. S. Civilians and afghan citizens. The briefing runs an hour. Mr. Price good afternoon. Apologies for the delay. Let me start with an update on of Ghanas Department of state is working aroundtheclock to facilitate afghanistan. The department of state is working this of facilitate the departure of vulnerable afghans and americans. We remain committed to flights for sivs and other vulnerable afghans as quickly as possible. The security of government employees and u. S. Citizens overseas is our top priority as well. The department of defense has secured the airport so that military and commercial flights can resume. Our staff on the ground is communicating with american citizens in kabul who are not at the airport with instructions on when and how to get there. We have communicated to the first tranche of american citizens who have requested an evacuation assistance. Our team is working hand in glove with militar
Comeback performance. And iran confirms a new president as the crisis in the Persian Gulf worsens foreign relations. Good to have you with us. The u. S. Once again is ramping up its Vaccination Efforts as the Delta Variant sends covid cases soaring. Later Today President biden will deliver a speech about boosting Vaccination Rates at home and around the world. It comes one day after the u. S. Reported that 70 of all americans have received at least one vaccine dose. Meeting the biden Administrations Goal about a month late. But even with Vaccination Rates on the rise, officials say that the danger is hardly over. There are still about 90 Million eligible americans who are unvaccinated. And we need them do their part, roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated. While we desperately want to be done with this pandemic, covid19 is clearly not done with us. And so our Battle Mist last a little longer. And it is clear the u. S. Is not Out Of The Woods yet. The cdc says daily Case Counts have g
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