So far, they've given the State Department 800 names for a first round of flights.... The two other individuals separately involved in private evacuation efforts confirmed Clay's account." If we can get aircraft in and pick up people and bring them out, why can’t we take them to Doha to the refugee center or other refugee centers?... " This makes no sense."" We still have Americans we can get out," he added. After making little to no progress with the State Department, Clay's group turned to s

DOS will not provide an approval, but we will provide a ‘no objection’ to the destination country government via the U.S. Embassy in that country." During briefings on Sept.... So this is a challenge, but one we are determined to work through.... We’re conducting a great deal of diplomacy on this as we speak." Blinken also denied that the Taliban was seeking to block passport-holding Americans from leaving Afghanistan....

We are working to resolve these issues.... She never even spent a day in the job she was hired to do, but was instead shunted aside( some say on the insistence of the Prime Minister’s wife) and given the booby prize of the Cop26 summit.... But the outrage spin-cycle is so attractive....