Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
attack easier
It will be much easier to attack them.
distances easier harder short strike
easier to move, harder to find, more lethal, able to strike long distances in short times.
allied central controls increased indicative military nerve pressure regime security system
indicative of increased allied pressure on the very center, the central nerve system of the regime that controls military and security forces.
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In Bosnia, for instance, they play a crucial role in setting up these joint commissions that bring Army people and local people together to talk about governance issues, providing humanitarian aid.
duty frequently mind minute
It's something that's on their mind every minute of the day when they're on duty and frequently when they're off duty as well.
believes everybody force larger required small
Everybody now believes that that force is probably too small and that a larger force will be required to go in as a peacekeeping force.
air airmen arabia available base force moving possibly prince process taking therefore
The Air Force is in the process of taking down all its tents at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia because the airmen are moving into dormitories, and therefore these tents could possibly be available for use in Albania or Macedonia.
civilian farther follow rules trigger
they have to follow rules that will keep them farther away from civilian planes, so they don't trigger this system.
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.
decision hard information needs president sometime technical
This is a very high-priority program. We are working very hard ... to get the president the information he needs from the technical side to make a decision sometime this summer.
department emergency fbi foreign involves justice security stands state
The FEST Team, which stands for Foreign Emergency Security Team, has also arrived. And that involves State Department personnel, FBI and Justice Department personnel, and others, about 50 people,
facility fact launch less missiles primitive sure
I'm not sure that the fact that the launch facility is primitive makes the missiles any less threatening.
drive ready
It was not ready to go because typically when you drive around you don't have the thing ready to fire.
consider couple hundred soldiers taking
Taking out a couple hundred soldiers here and a couple hundred soldiers there is not what we consider a withdrawal. We consider that to be theater.