Kaitlan Collins

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

And it's official. The FDA has granted full approval to Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, according to a source familiar, making it the first one in a lengthy process to get approval from federal regulators. Huge news. — PolitiTweet.org

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Multiple officials are optimistic the FDA could grant full approval to Pfizer's vaccine today, though no one is prepared to get ahead of the agency and say definitively. Officials spent the weekend preparing for the rollout, given it's seen as a major messaging opportunity. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the current policy, but Nick is told they hope to return to allowing SIVs and the embassy’s local Afghan staff in soon. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Due to a deteriorating security environment we are asking all others not to come to the airport at this time - the gates remain closed." — PolitiTweet.org

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SIV-applicants aren't currently allowed into the Kabul airport, per @npwcnn. “We are currently prioritizing American citizens & legal permanent residents for entry," John Johnson, a public affairs officer for the Kabul embassy, tells him. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LucasFoxNews: There was a gun battle at the North Gate early Monday involving American and German forces. One Afghan soldier was killed… — PolitiTweet.org

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In the last 24 hours, 28 US military flights evacuated approximately 10,400 people from Kabul. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden has a briefing on Afghanistan every morning this week, per the schedule just released. — PolitiTweet.org

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“My job is to make judgments no one else will, or can, make,” President Biden says. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden says they are discussing with the military extending the Aug. 31 deadline, but are still hoping to meet it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @InsidePolitics: Now, for some good news: join us in congratulating @abbydphillip and welcoming her beautiful daughter Naomi Angelina Ri… — PolitiTweet.org

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Per admin official, 23 of those flights were US military planes with about 3,900 personnel. Another 3,900 were evacuated on 35 coalition aircraft, which the official says includes partners, foreign military and commercial planes. — PolitiTweet.org

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On ABC, Secretary Austin doesn’t deny advising Biden to keep a small contingent of troops in Afghanistan, as was reported. "You know I'm not going to tell you what my recommendation to our president was." He says POTUS listened to their input, made a decision & he supports it. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Are there Al Qaeda members and remnants in Afghanistan? Yes, but what the president was referring to was its capacity to do what it did on 9/11, and that capacity has been very successfully diminished," Secretary Blinken says when asked about Pres. Biden saying they were gone. — PolitiTweet.org

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For the third time in history, the Pentagon has activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. That means they're ordering 6 commercial airlines to help transport evacuees from Afghanistan. These planes won't fly into Kabul, but will help move evacuees already at other bases. — PolitiTweet.org

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Secretary Blinken tells Fox News that in the last 24 hours, they have evacuated nearly "8,000 people on about 60 flights." — PolitiTweet.org

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"We can't give you a precise number, but we believe it is several thousand Americans who are, we are working with now to try to get safely out of the country," Jake Sullivan says regarding how many Americans are still in Afghanistan. He adds they have spoken w/ nearly all of them — PolitiTweet.org

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@meganranney @InsidePolitics @US_FDA Thank you for joining us! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @meganranney: I will be with @kaitlancollins @InsidePolitics in a few minutes to discuss @US_FDA approval (finally!), what to expect nex… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cnnbrk: Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host who had repeatedly downplayed Covid-19 vaccines before changing his tune after being… — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden will be briefed by his national security team this morning and will provide an update on evacuations this afternoon at 4 ET. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @997wtn: We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away. Please keep the Valentine family in your tho… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AP: BREAKING: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden spoke to House Speaker Pelosi tonight regarding Afghanistan, per the White House, including an update on the status of evacuations. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Within an hour, all 13 of us were waiting on the tarmac as Marines on foot established a security perimeter. They knelt down, pointing their rifles away from the aircraft, an attempt to prevent people from rushing the planes..." Quite a read: https://t.co/JiuD8l1X52 — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s been a busy week. Join us tomorrow morning to break it all down. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

For the third day in a row, more than one million vaccine doses were reported administered in a single day, per the CDC. The last time this happened was the first week of July. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

For the third day in a row, more than one million more vaccine doses were reported administered in a single day, per the CDC. The last time this happened was the first week of July. — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House readout of President Biden’s meeting with his national security team says they discussed the situation in Afghanistan and “counterterrorism operations, including ISIS-K.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden has canceled his trip to Wilmington. He was scheduled to leave in a few hours, per the White House. — PolitiTweet.org