Earlier this week, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told CNN’s John Berman that the State Department didn’t know how many Americans were still trapped in Afghanistan or whether those Americans would be able to get out.
This morning, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said on CNN that the military is not "equipped and able" to help Americans trapped inside their homes in Kabul. pic.twitter.com/km02CVNeha
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 17, 2021
Fast-forward to today, when Kirby is noticeably better informed.
We kid, of course:
Q: How many American citizens remain in Afghanistan?
Kirby: "I don't know."
— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) August 19, 2021
How many American citizens remain in Afghanistan?@PentagonPresSec: “I don’t know.” pic.twitter.com/ZwtiWGvk9m
— Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) August 19, 2021
Well, um … are there any plans to try to find out or … ?
Kirby refers the reporter who asked the question to State. Points out that Americans don't have to register presence.
(So far, however, the U.S. is nowhere near evacuating the various estimates federal officials have offered for how many American citizens are in Afghanistan.)
— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) August 19, 2021
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Oh.
Unreal
— Mars19 (@Mars19864) August 19, 2021
Maybe the Biden administration should get on that.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1428375776806776840
About as well as everything else.
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