- These Afghan interpreters and drivers and advisors, they're not just Afghan heroes, they're American heroes because they risked their lives, not just for Afghanistan, but for America, for our troops.

And they were willing to risk their lives because we told them we have your back.

Because we said that, they now have a target on their backs, so we gotta get 'em out.

We made them that promise.

We said, if you come to work for us, we will keep you safe, and that's why they were willing to do it.

So as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said to me yesterday in a hearing, we have a moral imperative to get them to safety.

But I would add, we have a moral imperative not just to these Afghan-American heroes, but to every future U.S.

Soldier, Marine, Airman, Sailor, who is in a position where they need help and they need to make that same promise to a partner and ally that come work for us.