Bryan Whitman
Bryan Whitman
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Well, it certainly is the Defense Department's practice to pay our bills. Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terror, particularly ... with respect to our ongoing operations in Afghanistan.
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Today's strikes are in response to recent Iraqi hostile threats, including enhancement of its air defense systems against coalition aircraft monitoring the no-fly zones.
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From the standpoint of the Defense Department we are satisfied that the production of parts and equipment will continue to meet our supply requirements.
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While we continue to review the documentation and conduct interviews, and while there are some who allege specific documents exist, the Defense Department has not discovered any documentation that shows Mohamed Atta connected to al Qaeda prior to the attacks of 9/11.
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It is the policy of the United States, as well as the Defense Department, to treat all remains consistent with the Geneva Convention and with the utmost respect. These allegations will be aggressively investigated and, if proven to be true, the individuals will be held appropriately accountable.
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What I can tell you is that the Defense Department does have legitimate interests in protecting its installations, in protecting its people, and to the extent that they use information collected by law enforcement agencies to do that, that's an appropriate activity of the United States military.
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This is the United States Defense Department. We plan for all sorts of things.
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This directive provides the overarching Department of Defense policy that mandates humane treatment of detainees.
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I think that you'll see going forward that we'll be further increasing funding for chemical, biological defense programs.
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The idea that the Defense Department has engaged in any sort of conspiracy to cover up any information regarding Gulf War illness is simply not true. We have nothing to hide. As we learn new information, we provide it as rapidly as possible.
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The deputy secretary of defense is not in the business of approving interrogation plans.
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We typically don't talk about the movement of detainees except when they are being transferred or released to another country. We don't typically talk about the transit for security reasons.
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An Iraqi special operations force conducted a raid in one of the neighborhoods in northeast Baghdad to disrupt a terrorist cell that had been responsible for not only conducting attacks on Iraqi security forces and coalition forces but also in kidnapping Iraqi civilians in the local area.
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As they take over responsibility for things there are still US forces in the region. US forces remain in supporting roles with the ability to offer a surge capability to Iraqi security forces.