Antony Blinken actually said...

"We`re operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban with the very real possibility of an ISIS k attack."

"Based on our analysis, starting on august 14th when our evacuation operations began, there was then a population of as many as 6,000 American citizens in Afghanistan who wanted to leave."

"I take responsibility. I know the president has said he takes responsibility. And I know all of my colleagues across government feel the same way."

"For the remaining roughly 1000 contacts that we had, who may be Americans seeking to leave Afghanistan, we`re aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day. There is no deadline on our work t..."