Jerome Powell Talks about the u. S. Economic outlook at the economic policy symposium. Coverage begins friday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern online at cspan. Org or listen on the free cspan radio app. Mark greenberg is with the Mine Ration Policy institute, he is also the former hhs acting Assistant Secretary for the administration for children and families, serving from 2013 to 2017. Mr. Greenberg what about these , afghan refugees resettling in the United States . First of all, what is the Vetting Process like . Guest first, let me just begin by saying a little more broadly, it is a devastating situation which has been very difficult. It is encouraging how many people have been able to get out over the last couple of weeks, but there are so many who are still there, and there is urgent need both for those who have gotten out and for those who are still there. As to the Vetting Process, and a normal Vetting Process for the Refugee Program and for special immigrant visas, which we will talk ab
Afghan refugees in resteadily resettling the United States . First of all, what is the Vetting Process like . Guest first, let me just begin by saying a little more broadly, it is a devastating situation which has been very difficult. It is encouraging how many people have been able to get out over the last couple of weeks, but there are so many who are still there, and there is urgent need both for those who have gotten out and for those who have been as to the Vetting Process, and normal Vetting Process for the Refugee Program and for special immigrant visas, which we will talk about more, which is very, very extensive, like the multiple government agencies checking biographical information, checking multiple databases, biometric information. The reason why the process normally takes a long time is because it is such a cumbersome process. For the afghans who have left the country, the administration has indicated that that vetting would always continue and will be continuing. It appe
It is a devastating situation which has been very difficult. It is encouraging how many people have been able to get out over the last couple of weeks, but there are so many who are still there, and there is urgent need both for those who have gotten out and for those who have been as to the Vetting Process, and normal Vetting Process for the Refugee Program and for special immigrant visas, which we will talk about more, which is very, very extensive, like the multiple government agencies checking biographical information, checking multiple databases, biometric information. The reason why the process normally takes a long time is because it is such a cumbersome process. For the afghans who have left the country, the administration has indicated that that vetting would always continue and will be continuing. It appears in third countries, to take afghans leaving from the airport. So the vetting will go on. The lobbyists will make every possible effort to expedite it, but it is a process
Hi there. Im stephanie ruehl. Its wednesday, August 18th and we start this morning with a frantic round the Clock Push to get as many people out of afghanistan as fast as possible. This is video just in from dull less international airport, outside washington, d. C. , and these are our first pictures of u. S. And afghan evacuees arriving safely in this country and there are plenty more on the way. We saw proof of that earlier this week, when more than 600 people packed on to a c17 military transport plane. So for more than 5,000 americans, families and afghan refugees have been evacuated or relocated. Our new reporting finds as many as 15,000 americans are still in afghanistan as we speak and its not clear how were going to get them all out. On tuesday, the administration told Senate Staffers they do not have a plan to evacuate u. S. Citizens outside kabul, because of taliban checkpoints. The taliban has said they would give safe passage to americans and afghans that want to leave, but
Maj. Gen. Taylor to get these personnel out of afghanistan as quickly and safely as possible. When this plan was put in place, we prepared for a number of contingencies and recognized that events unfolding has drawn Concern And Attention throughout the world. We are actively monitoring the situation, what is happening on the ground, and we will continue to support the commander and adjust forces as necessary to allow the mission to be successful. Our troops are trained professionals and they understand the complexity, the urgency and importance of their mission. They remain agile. Our mission was and still is today to secure the airport so that we can evacuate as i said , earlier, u. S. Citizens, sivs and afghans at risk out of the country. We have approximately 2500 troops that have moved into kabul within the last 72 hours and more will arrive soon. By the end of the day, we expect nearly 3000 to 3500 troops on the ground. For a realtime up date, as of 15 35 eastern, the airfield was