Report by Paula Antolini, August 17, 2021, 11:57AM EDT
NATIONAL / WORLD NEWS
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby held an off-camera press briefing yesterday, regarding the situation in Afghanistan as “fluid and dynamic” and that “things are continuing to unfold.”
Kirby stated, “On the support for vulnerable or at-risk Afghan citizens, the secretary did approve a Department of State request for assistance yesterday for the transport and temporary housing of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, their families and other individuals at risk. So in the United States, we are assessing facilities and support at two additional stateside installations.
“I’m going to refrain from identifying those installations today as we continue to work the notification process,” … “This would be in addition to the existing facility that we have at Fort Lee. Our aim at these three facilities would be over time, three to four weeks from now, be able to provide support for up to 22,000 at-risk individuals. We will not have that capacity immediately. It will take some time to build it out.”
Read entire press briefing here.
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