location destinations are still in flux but ambassador tracy jacobson is leading the state department ordination unit, lending credence to the earlier report that central asian companies maybe one of the destinations. with respect to actual investigations, we do not know how many of the pipeline and how many thousands of family lives will be saved by commission or where they will go. we are also deeply concerned about how people outside of kabul you can access. we are seeing reports that the additional number of afghans who may be evacuated and other reports stating the administration would not publicly release information on destinations. we have also seen varying reports about locations of activations, whether some would be brought to the united states or other territories. on july, it was a leak from the white house indicating they were considering three central asian companies. but we have not seen any evidence the countries have actually consented to receive evacuees. the pentagon press secretary said in a briefing that all options are being considered and that would include the

while location destinations are still in flux, but ambassador tracy jacobson is leading the state department coordination unit, lending credence to the earlier reports that central asian countries may be one of the destinations. with respect to actual evacuations, we do not know -- selected how many of the 18,000 siv applicants in the pipeline and their more than 50,000 family members will be saved through evacuation and where they will go. we are also deeply concerned about how people who are outside of kabul would even access the evacuation. we're seeing various reports about the potential initial tranche of 2,500 afghans who may be evacuated to u.s. military installations and other reports stating that the administration would not publicly release information on destinations or numbers of afghans. so a lot is unclear. we've also seen varying reports about the locations for evacuation, whether some may be brought directly to the united states or u.s. territory or third countries. on july 2nd there were leaks from the white house indicating that they were considering these three central asi

certainly, ambassador tracy jacobson is the perfect person -- for any country that takes -- agrees to take on at least a certain number the afghan applicants. normally, they are going to want a guarantee that the visas will be issued. in other words if they let thousands of people in, these people are not going to be staying. they will probably want guarantees on how long will they stay, and for sure, we want to know that they are all going to get visas. we are not going to be able to offer those guarantees. we can never guarantee in advance that someone will get a visa. so there will be a certain number of people just as there are now, who are going to be denied because they didn't meet one of their requirements that has been established. so there is that. let me add that bringing applicants into the u.s. presents a huge issue for the state department because it could present challenges to the consular non-renewability doctrine that is currently in place. what is that? when decisions on visas are made overseas, denials cannot be challenged in u.s. courts. once you get them on u.s. so

certainly the investor tracy jacobson is the perfect person and think to be leading this effort at the state department because she has a lot of experience. in malaysia and for any country, that takes at least on i certain number of the afghan applicants. normally the one i guarantee that the visas will be issued in other words, and that thousands of people in it, these people are not going to be staying pretty will probably want guarantees on how long will they stay in for sure we want to know that they can get visas. they're not going to be able to offer those guarantees, we can never guarantee in advance for someone full get a visa so there will be a certain number of people that are now going to be denied. because the dinner to meet one of the requirements that has been established. so there is that predict and let me add that bringing applicants into the u.s., presents a huge e for the state department because it could present challenges to the counselor of doctrine that is currently in place and what is that. decisions on visas are made overseas, and the denials cannot be challen

jacobson is the perfect person i think to be leading this effort at the state department because she has a lot of experience in central asia. for any country that agrees to take on at least a certain number of afghan applicants, normally they're going to want a guarantee that the visas will be issued. in other words, if they let thousands of people in, these people are not staying. they probably want guarantees on how long they're staying and wants to know they are all getting visas. we can never guarantee an advance that some will get a visa. so there will be people, as there are now, that will be denied because they did not meet one of the requirements that has been established. so there's that. and let me add that bringing applicants into the u.s. presents a huge issue for the state department because it could present challenges to the consular non-reviewability doctrine that is currently in place. and what is that? when decisions on visas are made overseas, denials cannot be challenged in u.s. courts. once you get on u.s. soil, denials can be and probably will be taken into u.s.

they and -- ambassador tracy jacobson, is a track three-time chief of mission in tajikistan, toward makinson, and cassava, is leading the state department coordinating -- that is also something. there is a plan, there is an official operation to get those translators to safety, there is someone in charge of that plan who we are now allowed to know the name of. and all of these details give us more information that we have before. but, you know, there's still a lot left out. and as they say, it's understandable that those details are left out on purpose for operational security. but the basics still loom as unanswered questions. where are those translators going to go once they leave afghanistan? earlier this month, routers reported that they will be sending these translators to three central asian countries. they mentioned cars extent, touching casten, uzbekistan. we it suggests that may in fact be the plan maybe. the pentagon spokesperson spoke to the press today saying that the u.s. is looking at using locations abroad, but when asked for clarification later by a reporter who asked specifi

jacobson as three-time chief of mission and she's leaving the state department coordination unit that will deliver on the president's commitment. the unit includes representatives from the departments of defense and homeland security, russ travers was department of homeland security advisor and former head of the national counterterrorismcenter coordinating the interagency policy process on the operation as well . >> i certainly, she is. let's see, she is en route or she is there and mark i believe she's there now leaving the us delegation to a high-level international conference. they're going to be discussing the promotion of prosperity, security, regional productivity while she's there . obviously . in afghanistan the region and all our priorities will be part ofthe discussion . go ahead. >> on the $3.5 trillion package unveiled last night how does the president view thatoutline number ? there's something the party that say it's higher spending or is it too low? how doesthe president view that number right now ? >> as isaid earlier , these forward announced last night is a signific

it's ambassador tracy jacobson. she's a three-time chief of mission in tajikistan, turkmenistan and kosovo. she's apparently leading an effort along with representatives from the defense department and the department of homeland security to get this done. so that's also something. there's a plan, there's an official operation to get these translators to safety, there's someone in charge of that plan who we're allowed to know the name of. and all of those details in the announcement give us more information than we had before but you know, there's still a lot left out. and as they say, it's understandable that some of these details are left out on purpose for operational security. but the basics still sort of loom as unanswered questions. where are these translators going to go once they leave afghanistan? earlier this month reuters reported the administration was considering sending these translators to three central asian countries, so nearby to afghanistan. they mentioned kazakhstan, tajikistan, uzbekistan. the fa