"Around 8,000 of the 25,000 Americans in Lebanon have asked to be evacuated."
Anyone seen a breakdown of the 25K Americans as to what percentage have dual citizenship, how many are just visiting, how many actually live there full time, etc.?
The State Department said they didnt keep track of dual citizenship, and also said that not all 8000 want to go to the US.
Just had to make one quick comment. I heard only about ten people out of 900 speak English on the ship (okay I didn't talk to ALL 900). Many didn't have U.S. passports (They had to get in a line to register, a LONG line). These were not Americans who live in the U.S. and many were not citizens. Arabic was the language of choice; even shipboard announcements were done in Arabic and English.