{"id":740925,"date":"2021-09-11T10:21:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T14:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=740925"},"modified":"2021-09-11T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T14:21:39","slug":"biden-admin-welcomes-press-to-texas-afghan-evacuee-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-welcomes-press-to-texas-afghan-evacuee-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin. welcomes press to Texas Afghan evacuee camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-welcomes-press-to-texas-afghan-evacuee-camp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=740925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2516545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2516545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An entrance to Fort Bliss is shown in Fort Bliss, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:12 AM PT \u2013 Saturday, September 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The press have gotten a first look at a military base where the Biden administration has housed evacuees who were airlifted out of Afghanistan. On Friday, military officials gave a tour to several reporters of the Fort Bliss Army Base in El Paso, Texas, which has been processing and housing Afghan evacuees.<\/p>\n<p>Brigade Commander Michael Wagner explained to reporters the exact procedure evacuees must undergo once they landed in the U.S. and arrived to the base.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Bliss is one of eight military installations housing over 60,000 Afghan evacuees who entered the U.S. following the Biden administration\u2019s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouple of key things we do here at reception: we\u2019ll first give them a rapid COVID test, a (BinaxNow) test,\u201d he stated. \u201cThen we\u2019ll give them a welcome brief, where we\u2019ll explain what\u2019s going on in the village and what to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USNORTHCOM is supporting Afghan evacuees at eight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeptofDefense<\/a> installations, which continue to build capacity for least 50,000.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAGMcCoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USAGMcCoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortBlissTexas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FortBlissTexas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmyFortLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArmyFortLee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jointbasemdl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jointbasemdl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HollomanAFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HollomanAFB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MCB_Quantico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MCB_Quantico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaNationalGuard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VaNationalGuard<\/a> (Fort Pickett)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INGuardsman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INGuardsman<\/a> (Camp Atterbury) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2bpA9CbmxN\">pic.twitter.com\/2bpA9CbmxN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Northern Command (@USNorthernCmd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USNorthernCmd\/status\/1435993838829531138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The commander also said all evacuees were given a COVID-19 vaccine before being separated into their respective housing assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we\u2019ll give them a COVID vaccine to help protect, to help the guest population,\u201d he explained. \u201cThen, we\u2019ll get them assigned into housing and then help them move out to accommodations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the press were allowed inside, officials reportedly barred them from engaging with any evacuees or even spending more than a few minutes in most areas due to \u201cprivacy concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/remembering-events-of-9-11-20-years-later\/\">Remembering Events Of 9\/11, 20 Years Later<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An entrance to Fort Bliss is shown in Fort Bliss, Texas. 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