Bryan Whitman
Bryan Whitman
health possible reported
They reported back to the World Health Organization (WHO) that they had a possible positive.
armor best body deployed members services
The body armor that the services are issuing to deployed service members is the best body armor available.
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As we've seen over the past many months, these individual cases (are) coming to trial and being disposed of in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
situation
It's a situation that is being monitored closely.
background number security specific
For a security clearance, you have to go through any number of specific background investigative checks.
forces iraqi maintain national stability
It's really to maintain stability of the U.S. forces during the Iraqi national elections.
goods pay practice services
It's our practice to pay our bills, ... goods and services previously rendered.
weapons
It's part of our conventional weapons inventory. We use it like we use any other conventional weapon.
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Then, of course, the department has to continue to do business. And that's when you start doing things that you don't want to do and shifting money in ways that might not make sense and potentially hurt other (defense) programs, too.
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They have an ongoing interest in this Able Danger project and we're working with them to provide them with the kinds of information they seek to have on this.
filled found gap looked operating operations standard
There were policies, there were standard operating procedures. But we found as we looked at our operations that there was this gap that should be filled by a directive.
armor body deployed service sufficient
There is, obviously, sufficient body armor for every deployed service member.
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This does not represent the values of the United States military, ... It's a despicable practice that is unacceptable.
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This does not represent the values of the United States military, and doesn't represent the vast majority of the actions and behavior of our men and women in uniform. It is a despicable practice. It's unacceptable. And the department is going to address it.