Dylan Johnson

The Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, Dylan Johnson, says several flights have safely returned hundreds of Americans to the United States.

He says there will be additional flights in the coming days as security conditions allow.

Johnson posted one picture on social media of Americans boarding a Patriots plane, but a State Department official noted that the U.S.

government, not the football team, covered the cost of that flight.

Another official says that about 30 to 40 percent of the Americans who are offered seats on chartered flights have declined, taking their own commercial options or changing their plans.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

The Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, Dylan Johnson, says several flights have safely returned hundreds of Americans to the United States.

He says there will be additional flights in the coming days as security conditions allow.

Johnson posted one picture on social media of Americans boarding a Patriots plane, but a State Department official noted that the U.S.

government, not the football team, covered the cost of that flight.

Another official says that about 30 to 40 percent of the Americans who are offered seats on chartered flights have declined, taking their own commercial options or changing their plans.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

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