Receive the envoys and reconcile the evacuation count

The operational timetable must be reconciled with the initial announcement before transport instructions go out.

Melania did very well. I married a very effective Negotiator, I know from experience, I will not be supplying those transcripts.

The corridor remains an implementation task. Staff are tracking safe passage and delivered aid.

The local agreement does not close the broader war file.

I am proud of her. Get the people out safely.

And when they write about the negotiating I would like the names correct, her Name first on this one, I can be very generous with the order. Everybody assumes I need to be first, I don't, there is also the photograph, usually a much larger photograph..... But get the road cleared before the photograph.

The evacuation team has retained the road-clearance requirement and removed the photograph from the critical path.

Melania gets them into the same room, I know how hard that can be. Some people won't even agree on the room, they want to negotiate the Room before the negotiation. She gets on with it.

The announcement and the scheduled remarks have been entered. Attendance details remain to be confirmed.

I approve of getting on with it.

The meeting record will distinguish commitments from verified aid and evacuation results.

I want the people helped, then the beautiful account of helping. In that order. You can still prepare the beautiful account, excellent preparation is allowed.

And don't give me a seating chart marked PEACE ACHIEVED. I've seen a very peaceful empty room.

The seating chart remains an attendance document.

The meeting has moved from scheduled to held.

Melania knows how to get people seated. I have seen it, even people who were very determined to keep standing.

The reported evacuation total retains White House attribution.

I am proud of her.

She has the routes, the vehicles, the whole thing, very goodly organized. People tell me Diplomacy is complicated and then give me another photograph of chairs. I would like the road people in the briefing too, whoever actually knows if the road is open, bring that person.

The award is recorded separately from any future agreement.

I like the award. Leave room beside it for the next piece of work.