LIVE at 10:30 am - Pentagon Press Secretary Kirby and Army Maj. Gen. Taylor

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Scheduled for Aug 27, 2021

Pentagon Live Stream➡️ https://www.defense.gov/Watch/Live-Events/#/

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1. Quotes:

MG Taylor: We continued the evacuation mission yesterday […] 89 flights out of Kabul Airport, totaling 12,500 evacuees now safely out of Afghanistan in a 24-hour period.


MG Taylor: The @StateDept Consular Officers continue to screen and process people arriving at the gates of Kabul airport.


MG Taylor: We have the ability to include evacuees on U.S. military airlift out of Afghanistan until the very end.


MG Taylor: There are more than 5,000 U.S. service members in harm’s way saving as many people as they can. It's a noble mission. We have seen firsthand how dangerous that mission is, but ISIS will not deter us from accomplishing this mission.


PentagonPresSec: The @DeptofDefense announces Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia; Fort Pickett, Virginia; and Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico will provide support to the U.S. mission to evacuate Afghan SIV applicants, their families and other at-risk individuals.