Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
agreement fewer figures known peace troops understand until
If we could get by with fewer troops we would, but those figures won't be known until we understand what the peace agreement is, if we get one.
agreement commit depend figures force number peace precise reason troops type win
There are no precise figures right now and the reason is that the number of troops we'll have to commit for a peace implementation force will depend on what type of peace agreement we are able to win, if we win a peace agreement, if we succeed.
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.
information state
These are advisories that highlight, one, the State Department's warning: and two, other information that's been collected,
generals good spend ways
Enterprising generals and admirals will always find ways -- very good ways -- to spend more money.
caring food obviously operation phase primarily providing searching
Right now we're concentrating primarily on searching for and caring for survivors. But when that phase of the operation is over, obviously we'll have to concentrate on providing food and shelter.
conflict involved plan president reasonable russians since word
President Yeltsin has said that the Russians do not plan to get involved in this conflict, and since that is a very reasonable tack for the Russians to take, we take him at his word on that.
hits integrated parts successful systems test
(Even) if the interceptor hits the (mock warhead), it could still not be a successful integrated systems test because there could be other parts of the test that failed.