combination of the intelligence, law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals from across the government so the department of homeland security, department of defense, the fbi, state department and the nct, the national counterterrorism center and the additional counterintelligence community partners. what they are doing is conducting screening security vetting for all siv applicants and other vulnerable afghans before they are allowed into the united states this. includes reviews of both biographic and biometric data and if an individual is not through that vetting process they are not coming into the united states. any estimates for how long it will take to work through that backsflog could these people be going through the system for months or years? people who are in third countries? well, what i tell you it typically takes months to go through this process, and what this is a signal of is the fact that this is a top priority for the president and the intelligence commu
0 these are known passport holders. okay. but have have lprs also been contacted? yes. and what about siv applicants, people who are we re in contact will we get i m sorry. i don t expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began there s been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and there s been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you were dealt by the previous to deal with the taliban in terms of the siv program in terms of the broader refugee program. you guys have been in office for eight months. it s been five months since the president s decision was made. is there anything about the shortcomings have about been so readily identified by all sorts of people that you are actually willing to take responsibility for yourselves? thanks, matt. let me say two things. with regards to numbers in these different categories, as you ve