U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris discussed ways to accelerate evacuations of Americans and refugees from Afghanistan with his national security team on Wednesday, a White House official said.
of U.S. diplomatic personnel and civilians as well as Afghan citizens who worked with the United States government is much more difficult.
Biden and Harris met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark Milley, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director William Burns and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. They also discussed monitoring for any potential terrorist threats in Afghanistan, the official said.
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