With the counterparts throughout the world and our allies as has the general, and i keep calling him the general, but my secretary of defense, and the fact of the matter is that i have not seen that. And as a matter of fact, the exact opposite. I have gotten the exact opposite, and we are acting with dispatch, and committing to doing with what we would do. Put it in perspective here. What interest do we have In Afghanistan at this point with Al Qaeda gone . We went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of Al Qaeda In Afghanistan as well as, as well as getting osama Bin Laden, and we did. Imagine, just imagine if the attack and Bin Laden had decided with Al Qaeda to launch an attack from yemen, and any reason to be In Afghanistan . Control by the taliban . What is the national interests of the united states in that circumstance . We went and did the mission. You have known my position for a long, long time. It is time to end this war. The estimates of the cost of this wa
The latest on the situation there. Todays remarks are expected to focus almost solely on Evacuation Efforts of americans and afghans. The remarks come as we just learned another troubling development. Not a single flight has left the Kabul Airport in eight hours. Let me repeat, no flights have left in eight hours. We know qatar said no to more Plane Loads of afghan. The u. S. Has evacuated about 3,000 people from kabul yesterday. Another 9,000 in total evacuated since kabul started to fall last weekend. Keep in mind the pentagon said earlier this week it hoped to quickly ramp things up to a point where they could evacuate as many as 9,000 people per day. So were basically doing what we hoped would be one days worth of work in one week. Complete being pressed repeatedly yesterday, officials have not been able to say how many americans are left. Its not just about getting people out of the airports, its about getting people into the airport. The situation outside of the Kabul Airport is
A.p., zeke miller. thank you, mr. president. you have promised in afghanistan to bring out those who have helped america and the war effort, and we have seen these heart wrenching efforts of getting the people out at the airport, but what about those who have not been able to make it to the airport and will you make the same commitment to those who have assisted in the american war effort in the last 20 years, number one, and number two, what is the message to america s partners around the world who have not criticized the withdrawal, but the conduct of the withdrawal and questioned america s credibility on the world stage. i have seen no question of our credibility around the world. we have spoken to the nato allies and the secretary of the state, and the national security advisers have been in contact