AP’s Matt Lee to State Dept. Spox: ‘I’m Not Interested in the Broader Point, I’m Just Interested in the Answer of the Question’

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PRICE: “We had sent additional consular officers to some of those initial transit sites in the Gulf, including to Qatar, to Kuwait, and the UAE. But the broader point I would make is that we have been able to take advantage of consular officers throughout this building and around the world."

LEE: "Okay. But I’m not interested in the broader point, I’m just interested in the answer of the question. Are you still sending people there? And if you’re not, which is fine if you are or not, I just want to know if they’re still ramping up. And then on the opposite end of that is that we are approaching the 31st. And if there is no extension in this, you guys are going to have to start thinking and I want to know have you already started thinking about drawing them back down again? If in fact they are going to leave or if you guys think that maybe you can go back to the embassy."