today, senator jeanne shaheen and former investor ryan crocker discussed getting visas to afghan allies at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. watch on c-span, on c-span outward, or listen on the free radio app. final hour of "washington journal," we are joined by william barber to talk about what he calls the moral movement and moment needed in america today. what is that movement and what is that moment? guest: thank you for having me on. the poor people's campaign for revival has 42 state correlating committees across the country of more than 300 partners and over 2000 clergymen connected. each of our coordinating committees is chaired by an impacted person of poverty and low wealth. even before the pandemic, the small crisis of america was we have 140 million low income people in this country. that means we have people less than $400 -- you have less than $400 for emergencies and we had the reality of systemic racism that you can measure in many ways that affects black people, brown people, indigenous people, asian people and the collateral damage

ryan crocker who i really admire is a former u.s. ambassador afghanistan iraq and pakistan and advisor to her innovation called no one up behind advocacy group that focuses on the sib process. and the and finally last but not least, very grateful to have the director public policies. the train immigration and refugee services jill focuses on the efficacy and one of those being the sib for our allies and has a lot of information on the situation of afghanistan. that is going to bring avon tough really relevant information of conversation. thank you for joining me today nevada quickly minor online viewers is an interactive online event. i invite you all to reduce pain through civic questions to our panel. just a million questions please go to our webpage and click on ask live questions here button. enemy start with you ambassador, you been a real partner with me on this issue and what is the challenge that we are currently facing in afghanistan. >> of course the big challenges how do you know the level work and still retain credibility

ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker and other foreign policy experts talk about efforts to remove afghan allies from the country as u.s. troops continue their withdrawal. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this virtual discussion. >> i want to welcome our viewers who are livestreaming this event for this very important conversation and what the united states owes its afghan allies. thank you all for joining us today. today's discussion is visas for our afghan partners. what does the united states owe its afghan allies? i would have preferred we maintain a small number of troops in afghanistan, but that decision has been made. the events in afghanistan are moving rapidly. those afghans that worked closely with the u.s. military, with our allies, with the u.s. diplomatic development intelligent communities are going to be at heightened risk to taliban attack going forward. there are easily tens of thousands of afghans who aided the u.s. over the last 20 years, not just military operations, but also in the development, diplomatic, and intelligence communities.

you and your longtime diplomatic colleague, ryan crocker, wrote a letter to secretary of state blinken recently, urging him to dramatically accelerate the issuance of visas for these afghani interpreters. how do you think that's going? and what do you think is going to be the cost for us in terms of america's reputation if we can't get those people who risked their lives for us out of the country? gen. petraeus: well, i think we have a moral obligation to individuals who shared risk and hardship alongside our soldiers on the battlefield. these are battlefield interpreters, by and large, for two or more years. that's the criteria to apply for a special immigrant visa. and not only that, they risk their own lives and the lives of their family members as well because the taliban generally know who they are. they are tracking them down. there have been a lot of assassinations. hundreds of them have been killed in recent years. they're in a desperate situation, and with our forces leaving and with the embassy already having drawn down its forces and now in a covid lockdown, needless to say,

i'm also really grateful to investor ryan crocker's and an advisor to an organization called no one left behind. finally i am very green to have the director of public policy for the lutheran immigration and refugee service. she focuses on immigration advocacy and has a lot of updated information on the situation in afghanistan and is going to bring a lot of really relevant information. i want to remind our online viewers that this is an interactive event. i invite all of our participants to submit questions. please go to the webpage and click on the ask live questions button. let me start with you, ambassador. what is the challenge we are currently facing in afghanistan? >> the big question is how do you move out of the war and still maintain credibility and have a good outcome? a number of things today are about outcomes. when the announcement was made u.s. future going to leave -- that u.s. troops were going to leave, it was also announced -- many foresaw and it has many people worried in afghanistan but it also reflects the fact that afghan morel sunk very quickly in a number of secu

today, senator jeanne shaheen and former investor ryan crocker discussed getting visas to afghan allies at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. watch on c-span, on c-span outward, or listen on the free radio app. final hour of "washington journal," we are joined by william

i am in group -- ryan crocker, former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and pakistan and an advisor to an addressees that shaker advocacy group that focuses on the progress. finally, last but not least, i am grateful to have the director of public policy for the lutheran immigration and refugee service. jill focuses on the administrative advocacy, one of those being the siv for war allies and has up-to-date information on the situation in afghanistan and it is going to bring a lot of really relevant information to this conversation. thank you for joining me today. i want to remind all viewers that this is an interactive online the event. i encourage you all to submit your questions, go to our webpage and click on ask live questions button. let me start with ambassador wayne, you have been a real partner to me on this issue, what is the cal -- what is the challenge we are currently facing in afghanistan? >> the biggest challenge is how do you move out of a war and still maintain credibility and have good outcomes? a number of the

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ambassador to afghanistan ryan crocker and other foreign policy experts talked about efforts to remove afghan allies from the country as u.s. troops continue their withdrawal. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this virtual discussion. >> i want to welcome our viewers who are live streaming this event for this very important conversation on what the united states owes its afghan allies. thank you all for joining us today. today's discussion is visas for our afghan partners. what does the united states owe its afghan allies? i would have preferred that we maintain a small number of troops in afghanistan but that decision has been made. the events in afghanistan are moving rapidly. those afghans that work

. >>> new hampshire senator jeanne shaheen, ryan crocker and other foreign policy exerts talked about efforts to remove afghan allies from the country as u.s. troops continue their withdrawal. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this virtual discussion. >> i want to welcome our viewers who are live streaming this event for this very important conversation on what the united states owes its afghan allies. thank you all for joining us today. today's

ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker and other foreign policy experts talk about efforts to remove afghan allies from the country as u.s. troops continue their withdrawal. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this virtual discussion. >> i want to welcome our