"we'll not conduct a hasty rush to the exit... we'll do it in full coordination with our allies and partners"; "the Taliban is not the north Vietnamese army... there's gonna be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of [an] embassy of the United States from Afghanistan"; I'm president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me... I cannot and will not ask our troops to fight on endlessly in another country's civil war, taking casualties... this is not in our national security interest; "there's still a lot of pandemonium outside the airport" "...but look, no one's being killed right now... *knocks on wood* god forgive me if I'm wrong about that"; "we're going to do everything in our power to get all Americans out and our allies out"; "let me be clear, any american that wants to come home, we will get you home"