Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
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We have not yet seen signs that Serbian troops or special police forces or paramilitary are moving out, but we've certainly seen preparations for moving out.
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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.
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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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Given what we have seen, the active redeployment of (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's) air defenses, the high state of alert, we think he is interested in much more than diplomacy, that he has ulterior motives to moving these around and we need to be prepared.
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The Iraqis move forces back and forth on sort of an unpredictable basis from time to time; they do appear to be moving some missiles and other forces into the southern no-fly zone.
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We're doing all that. We think it's good that Governor Bush wants to continue these programs.
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It would be an absolute victory for terrorists ... if we stopped doing our job in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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These are the forces that are being used to attack the Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo, and we will continue to focus on those targets.
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There will likely to be a Reserve call-up. The details aren't ready to be announced at this stage.
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These are advisories that highlight, one, the State Department's warning: and two, other information that's been collected,
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Enterprising generals and admirals will always find ways -- very good ways -- to spend more money.