Comments on #Afghanistan by @PentagonPresSec in today's #DOD presser in this THREAD. 1/n
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@PentagonPresSec Q: On the SIVs, the flights. do you have any updates? They were supposed to come in on the 29th. Have they landed? Processing at Fort Lee? Anything? 2/n
@PentagonPresSec MR. KIRBY: I’m going to have to refer you to the State Dept for that. I don’t have any updates for you. As you know, when this first group of special immigrants do get to the US, they will be temporarily housed at Fort Lee. 3/n
@PentagonPresSec ...That is all still moving right along. And we're certainly pleased to be able to contribute to this effort. But our focus really is on the temporary housing of this first group, and I would let the State Dept speak to process beyond that. 4/n
@PentagonPresSec Q: Do you know, are there, are there any plans for any other bases or any other temporary housing kind of in the works outside of Fort Lee? 5/n
@PentagonPresSec MR. KIRBY: Right now the focus is on Fort Lee. We don't have a specific request from the State Dept to pursue another installation. Obviously, this is a State led effort and should there be that need, we will certainly take into consideration... 6/n
@PentagonPresSec ...But right now there's no additional request for assistance in terms of U.S., domestic U.S. installations. 7/7
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