Those currently being housed at designated military bases. He also addressed security screening procedures and covid19 protocols for afghan evacuees. Protocols for afghan evacuees. Press sec. Kirby: good afternoon. We will get started, today we are delighted to have join us, general vanherck, commander of norad. To have join us, general vanherck, commander of norad. The general has some opening comments about the comments northern command is extending to help our interagency colleagues process afghans in the special immigrant visa program. I m going to turn it over to him for a second. He will have some opening comments come up that will go to q and day. Q a. Before you ask your question of the general, identify yourselves and your outlet. General, can you hear me ok? gen. Vanherck: i have you loud and clear. Press sec. Kirby: thank you for joining us. I will turn over to you, sir. Gen. Vanherck: it is great to be with you and the press corps today. Before i go on, i want to remind eve
Press sec. Kirby: good afternoon. We will get started, today we are delighted to have join us, general vanherck, commander of norad. The general has some opening comments about the comments northern command is extending to help our interagency colleagues process afghans in the special immigrant visa program. I m going to turn it over to him for a second. He will have some opening comments come up that will go to q and day. Q a. Before you ask your question of the general, identify yourselves and your outlet. General, can you hear me ok? gen. Vanherck: i have you loud and clear. Press sec. Kirby: thank you for joining us. I will turn over to you, sir. Gen. Vanherck: it is great to be with you and the press corps today. Before i go on, i want to remind everybody to keep those warriors and heroes who lost their lives yesterday in our thoughts and prayers, along with their families, the folks who continue to serve in afghanistan and around the globe doing our nation s business, we should k
does diversity matter? if say if you say yes, that .ine is (202) 748-8000 if you say no, (202) 748-8001. if you are undecided about it, it is (202) 748-8002. you can also send us a text, that line (202) 748-8003. spanwj.ter we are @c among the questions we can consider, will diversity result in changed policies as we talk about the biden makes so far in the upcoming administration? (202) 748-8000 if you think it is yes. (202) 748-8001 if it is no. some thinking, some writing about the thinking of joe biden and how he is putting together his cabinet from the washington post. 45,000 names, 100 the packets of information, and gut instinct is how biden is managing his transition. he writes that packets have been delivered regularly to joe biden s home, dividing meticulous details on each potential cabinet bro s strengths, weaknesses, and possible areas of conflict. biden has been conducting interviews with candidates, focusing on their values and life stories nearly as much of
is beginning to take shape. the first african-american defense secretary. the first native american to lead the interior department. it is sunday, december 27, 2020. this is washington journal, welcome to the program. we will spend the first hour hearing from some of those picks and ask you about the diversity of the cabinet so far. does diversity matter? if you say yes, that line is (202) 748-8000. if you say no, (202) 748-8001. if you are undecided about it, it is (202) 748-8002. you can also send us a text, that line is (202) 748-8003. on twitter we are @cspanwj. for facebook host.facebook.com/cspan. among the questions we can consider, will diversity result in changed policies as we talk about the biden makes so far in the upcoming administration? (202) 748-8000 if you think it is yes. (202) 748-8001 if it is no. some thinking, some writing about the thinking of joe biden and how he is putting together his cabinet from the washington post. 45,000 names, 130 packets of i
an annoying personal habit that my children remind me of often. staff reminded me this morning. people love to give you their opinion on what they think. i often will stop them and say before you tell me what you think, just give me the facts. just give me the facts before your interpretation of the facts. i like to start with just the facts. just give me the facts, and that is what we are doing in this presentation. here are the facts. no opinion, no filter. i will tell you what my opinion is, but first the facts. it is an annoying personal habit. people want to tell you their opinion. tell me the facts first and then give me your opinion. total hospitalizations still in the 18,000, but a clip down. good news. that is a fact. that it is good news. not my opinion. you see the flattening of the curve. all these expressions we never used before. plateau, flattening, rounding. net change in hospitalizations down. that is good news. three-day rolling average. any one of these day