Joshua Mast

And so he was very concerned that, um, they were having to rely on the word of basically Taliban, uh,

local nationals in this taliban controlled area um for any sort of potential claimants and that was that was a huge concern at our level at the headquarters level as well it's like how do we safely vet people so you're walking uh with your fellow marine and he says what are we gonna do with this baby when did it occur to you maybe we should adopt

local nationals in this taliban controlled area um for any sort of potential claimants and that was that was a huge concern at our level at the headquarters level as well it's like how do we safely vet people so you're walking uh with your fellow marine and he says what are we gonna do with this baby when did it occur to you maybe we should adopt

local nationals in this taliban controlled area um for any sort of potential claimants and that was that was a huge concern at our level at the headquarters level as well it's like how do we safely vet people so you're walking uh with your fellow marine and he says what are we gonna do with this baby when did it occur to you maybe we should adopt

Honestly, I think the gut instinct was we wanted to ensure the child's safety. Initially, it was just as an American, anybody downrange, I bet there's a million guys that could close their eyes and say, hey, I can remember someone I was trying to help on deployment. That's what this was for us originally. What happened was is we were trying to, as a legal shop, guarantee a safe outcome for her.

Honestly, I think the gut instinct was we wanted to ensure the child's safety. Initially, it was just as an American, anybody downrange, I bet there's a million guys that could close their eyes and say, hey, I can remember someone I was trying to help on deployment. That's what this was for us originally. What happened was is we were trying to, as a legal shop, guarantee a safe outcome for her.

Honestly, I think the gut instinct was we wanted to ensure the child's safety. Initially, it was just as an American, anybody downrange, I bet there's a million guys that could close their eyes and say, hey, I can remember someone I was trying to help on deployment. That's what this was for us originally. What happened was is we were trying to, as a legal shop, guarantee a safe outcome for her.

And I think DOD did a great job of doing that initially, and then we hit some interference later on with some other agencies. But what really caused us to seek adoption was getting her a visa.

And I think DOD did a great job of doing that initially, and then we hit some interference later on with some other agencies. But what really caused us to seek adoption was getting her a visa.

And I think DOD did a great job of doing that initially, and then we hit some interference later on with some other agencies. But what really caused us to seek adoption was getting her a visa.

Yeah, and I would say that we were very aware at the time of the negotiations going on that our presence is going to end very rapidly. And then what's going to happen? Because a lot of the funding is going to be attached to that. And so our concern is just asking basic questions like, how bad is she hurt? What unit picked her up? Why do they say she's foreign?

Yeah, and I would say that we were very aware at the time of the negotiations going on that our presence is going to end very rapidly. And then what's going to happen? Because a lot of the funding is going to be attached to that. And so our concern is just asking basic questions like, how bad is she hurt? What unit picked her up? Why do they say she's foreign?

Yeah, and I would say that we were very aware at the time of the negotiations going on that our presence is going to end very rapidly. And then what's going to happen? Because a lot of the funding is going to be attached to that. And so our concern is just asking basic questions like, how bad is she hurt? What unit picked her up? Why do they say she's foreign?

And then as I used kind of the skill set that I had to pull some of that information for decision makers, it was very clear exactly who she was and where they came from. And then as you did research on, hey, what does an orphanage in Afghanistan look like? And then add to that, what does it look like when the U.S. leaves?

And then as I used kind of the skill set that I had to pull some of that information for decision makers, it was very clear exactly who she was and where they came from. And then as you did research on, hey, what does an orphanage in Afghanistan look like? And then add to that, what does it look like when the U.S. leaves?

And then as I used kind of the skill set that I had to pull some of that information for decision makers, it was very clear exactly who she was and where they came from. And then as you did research on, hey, what does an orphanage in Afghanistan look like? And then add to that, what does it look like when the U.S. leaves?

that was especially for a girl yes especially for a foreign child so so she was not from afghanistan yeah so the all of the us intelligence and everything has been declassified and there's a significant amount that's still left that has not been declassified pointed to a foreign origin for her uh the the specific group is a um a turkistani or uighur um al-qaeda branch okay yeah um so you decide to adopt

that was especially for a girl yes especially for a foreign child so so she was not from afghanistan yeah so the all of the us intelligence and everything has been declassified and there's a significant amount that's still left that has not been declassified pointed to a foreign origin for her uh the the specific group is a um a turkistani or uighur um al-qaeda branch okay yeah um so you decide to adopt

that was especially for a girl yes especially for a foreign child so so she was not from afghanistan yeah so the all of the us intelligence and everything has been declassified and there's a significant amount that's still left that has not been declassified pointed to a foreign origin for her uh the the specific group is a um a turkistani or uighur um al-qaeda branch okay yeah um so you decide to adopt

Yeah, I say, Glenn, that we initially just advocated to elevate the priority of this child's life in the U.S. government's eyes. So when did you decide she needs to be with us?