Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
air allow campaign increase intensity kosovo
Basically, it will allow us to increase the intensity of the air campaign over Kosovo and Yugoslavia.
allowed comply geneva meet prisoners rules visit
This visit did not comply with the rules or conventions under international law, the Geneva Convention, in that they were not allowed to see these prisoners alone, they were escorted by representatives of the Yugoslav government. The rules say they should be allowed to meet with them alone.
allow believe conditions create former people relieve republic return
It is to relieve the congestion in FYROM, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, temporarily and then ... create the conditions that will allow these people to return home, which is where we believe they want to be.
allowed government greece greek spokesman transit
A spokesman for the Greek government said that they would be allowed to off-load and transit through Greece soon.
allow based behavior change commander decision military provide reports
The reports did not provide enough specificity to allow any skipper or military commander to make a decision to change behavior based on these reports.
allowing brought delayed food helpful hopeful measures oil return
He delayed for a long while participating in the oil-for-food program, which has actually been one of the hopeful and helpful measures that the U.N. has brought to Iraq, allowing it to import more food in return for the oil it sells,
air allow flying help hours increase longer near number periods planes station tempo time
These tankers will immediately help increase the tempo of air operations, allow us to keep planes on station for longer periods of time and increase the number of the hours of the day in which we're actually flying over or near Yugoslavia and Kosovo.
bush continue good governor wants
We're doing all that. We think it's good that Governor Bush wants to continue these programs.
absolute anywhere east job middle stopped terrorists victory
It would be an absolute victory for terrorists ... if we stopped doing our job in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,
division infantry mission nations protecting soldiers united
These soldiers from the First Infantry Division first went to Macedonia to participate in a United Nations mission called UNPREDP, the U.N. Preventative Deployment, which was protecting Macedonia.
captured extent men
These men should be freed. They should not have been captured in the first place. And to the extent they're still there, that's regrettable.
arrive decide depending evaluate friday report return sending situation supposed team tomorrow
The U.N. is sending a team that's supposed to arrive tomorrow (Wednesday), to evaluate the situation and then return to New York, I believe, on Friday to report their findings. And depending on what they report, then the U.N. will decide what to do next.
albanians attack continue focus forces
These are the forces that are being used to attack the Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo, and we will continue to focus on those targets.
announced details likely ready reserve
There will likely to be a Reserve call-up. The details aren't ready to be announced at this stage.