Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
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We have taken a lot of steps not only to arrest the decline in military spending, but in fact to reverse it.
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I don't know quite what they mean by that, whether they'll build the military back up in size to 2.1 million people to a Cold War-force size or whether they'll leave it at the current size.
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Secondly, ... the military is carrying out on a regular basis it's normal engagement policy, a policy with 100,000 -- nearly 100,000 troops forward-deployed in Europe and nearly 100,000 troops forward-deployed in the Asia-Pacific region.
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It will be another substantive strike. It will be severe. We will continue to focus on a variety of targets, but principally on air defense targets and also on military targets in and around Kosovo.
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we have increased military pay and benefits and increased money for arms procurement and training.
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We are in favor of having NATO move to the next stage, which is the so-called activation warning, to come closer to the use of military force if necessary.
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We are making progress against military infrastructure, and we are reducing the Yugoslav ability to sustain operations.
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The Defense Department has sent out two advisories to military installations and commanders around the world,
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They've done this with consummate skill and professionalism and success. I don't think there's a citizen who isn't proud of the way our military has performed in these operations and is performing every day
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There's a wide range of aircraft load masters, ... who ... aren't just combat people, but they're people who load the C-17s and other transport planes to carry humanitarian aid or military equipment into the theater.
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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.
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I think it is fair to say that things were in their expected position -- which was moved, ... They have been moving their military assets, including tanks and artillery -- and other things. Dispersion is a standard defensive tactic, and the Serbs are very good at dispersion.
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He has not been able to rebuild his military, in part because of our containment, but also in large part because of the United Nations' embargo on Iraq, which has prevented him from buying the military equipment he would like to buy.
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In the last four years, the (U.S.) military has fought one of the most successful air wars in history