Escalated security. Other embassies or consulates have had protests, protests that kind of were merging toward violence or at least frightening to our diplomats. We have American citizens stranded in the region. They were told to come home, but they weren't told to come home until after commercial air flights had stopped. And so my office has been working with Virginians this week trying to help them come home. And so we owe it to our brave professionals, wherever they are, and our citizens to keep them safe. (00:45–00:53)
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Asserts that American citizens are stranded in the region and were advised to return after flights stopped.
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