Counterparts throughout the world and our allies, as has the general or, excuse me, i keep calling him a general but my Secretary Of Defense. The fact of the matter is, i have not seen that. As a matter of fact, the exact opposite, ive gotten. The exact opposite thing. Were acting with dispatch. Were committing to what we said we would do. Look, lets put this thing 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 getting osama Bin Laden, and we did. Imagine just imagine if that attack if Bin Laden had decided, with Al Qaeda, to launch an attack from yemen. Would we have gone to afghanistan . Would there ever be any reason we would be In Afghanistan . Controlled by the taliban . What is the national interest of the united states in that circumstance . We went and did the mission. Youve known my position for a long, long time. Its time to end
Airport, the president said this. No the best of our knowledge, the taliban Check Points are letting through people showing american passports. Now, thats a different question when they get into the Rush And Crowd of all the folks just outside the wall near the airport. Thats why we had, yesterday or the day before, we went over the wall and brought in, how many . 169 americans. Sgr right now at Kabuls Airport, were told some flights have resumed after no planes took off for ten hours. Thousands of people there still stranded. Soldiers on the runway told cnn that 10,000 people had their Paper Work processed and ready to go but they were stuck in the Blistering Sun after the country they were being evacuated to said they reached Capacity And K could handle no more. The United Arab Emirates will host 5,000 afghans on a temporary basis after a request from the united states government. They are scrambling to enlist over nations to accept evacuees. We are waiting for this briefing. How do
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