MAJOR GARRETT:
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Go ahead, please. [AUDIO LOGO] A lot of this begins with the withdrawal. We had under-resourced the Special Immigrant Visa Program. We unfortunately had Tens of thousands of deserving, patriotic, dutiful Afghans that would have been eligible for the SIV program that weren't processed in time. And so that is why we unfortunately had to have the evacuation that we did, bringing people in under humanitarian parole. And so really forward-facing and ensuring that program continues to function, continues to support our most trusted and vetted allies is critical. We failed to expedite the SIV process? Correct. And Major, another failing of the US government. We never pass the Afghan Adjustment Act that would have given Afghan evacuees a path to permanent residency, as well as another round of vetting. It had bipartisan support, but it never got a hearing, a markup, or a floor vote. Now, top officials have pointed to what they say is domestic radicalization. But we should say so far, intelligence sources tell CBS News that there is no indication this suspect had any sort of foreign extremist ties. Nicole Sganga, with everything we need to know on this story, up to the moment, thank you so much.
