i m grateful for the support of the community surrounding each of our bases and the volunteers and others who are aiding in all of these efforts. together we re honoring our commitment to our afghan partners and their families. i look forward to take your questions. thank you. thank you, general. start with lita. hi, general. i have one quick numbers question for you . can you tell us how many evacuees have gone through dulles? the governor said the numbers 14,000. we were told earlier it was about 7,000 siv. can you square those numbers for us? then i have a follow up. i don t have a specific number for you. state department would be best to ask that. i can tell you what has come to us and that s 6,578 at four
you describe. dod work with the process owner dhs to streamline this. specifically customs and border protection along with tsa who owns that process. we knew exactly who was certifying that. that s customs that was certifying it across to the other side. if the improper system was utilized, they were being flagged as red on the receiving end at dulles. that should give you comfort that we re not leaning towards more conservative and pushing them out but ensuring verification. that led to the delays you re
separate locations. what we re sees of those that arrive at dulles, about 40% or so have been coming to us. you give us an assessment of the security risks as well as the covid risks. as you re doing and every one is doing these screenings, what security risks are you seeing? are you seeing a number of people showing up on lists and then what about covid? how is that testing going and what are the threats that the bases for covid? as i said in my opening comments, we re doing biometric testing. what we re seeing is folks
databases. and second, you also mentioned some of the medical support that the military is providing, including vaccinations. does that include covid vaccines at the bases? are those mandatory or optional? the the vaccines are offered to them. they re offered at dulles. we offer em as well as the task force locations. they are not mandatory. we see many of them are taking the vaccine if they ve not already had it. on the paperwork that s that that they are getting assistance for their siv paperwork. is there any u.s. military component? like, do you have any military members who are assisting with that paperwork? so, the the paperwork on our end for accountability purposes, where where they arrive at the task forces, we absolutely are part of that paperwork process to ensure accountability, to provide security, et cetera for them at each of those locations. prior to arriving at our task
these bases are siv holders or applicants or are you also housing people who apply for refugee status? just trying to understand the break down of who is on these bases and then secondly, there are reports from dulles that some of those some of the kp commercial flights that have come in had to people on the tarmac, on board planes for up to ten hours while screeners come on board. is anything being done to rectify that? are you aware of that issue at b dulles? i don t have that exact number in front of me. what i would tell you is the siv numbers have not been in excess of 50%. i don t have the detail right now. i m aware of longer waits that