WATCH – WH Won't Commit To Evacuate ALL Americans Trapped In Afghanistan...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday would not commit to the US continuing efforts to get 11,000 Americans out of Afghanistan if they were still there at the end of the month.
Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki can’t offer any guarantee that all Americans will be evacuated from Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/0XKueyBXCg
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'Can you offer any guarantee to Americans and Afghan allies that if they remain there past the end of month us troops will help them evacuate?' a reporter asked the press secretary in her first briefing in six days.
'Our focus right now is on doing the work at hand, the task at hand. That is day by day getting as many American citizens, as many SIV applicants, as many members of the vulnerable population who are eligible to be evacuated to the airport and out on planes,' the press secretary said.
Biden has promised to have all troops out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31.
And in another sign of interagency confusion, Psaki said there were 11,000 'self-identified' Americans, but there could be more who come forward to request assistance...
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