White House Won't Commit To Evacuating All US Citizens Trapped In Kabul After August 31 Withdrawal Deadline

 

Daily Mail: Psaki WON'T commit to evacuating all US citizens trapped in Kabul after August 31 withdrawal deadline amid Taliban takeover 

* Psaki said there were 11,000 'self-identified' Americans, but may be more who later come forward for help 

* That figure was a discrepancy between the Pentagon's 5,000 to 10,000 figure 

* After evacuating only 700 on Monday, the Pentagon hopes to evacuate between 5,000 and 9,000 per day until the end of the month 

* Jake Sullivan, national security adviser, said pulling diplomats out sooner would have signaled weakness of Afghan govt 

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. 

'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. 

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Update: Psaki declines to 'guarantee' evacuation of Americans stranded in Afghanistan after Aug. 31 (FOX News)  

WNU Editor: The lack of preparation from the White House on their Afghan file is truly appalling. Senior officials need to be fired.