Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
build cold current leave mean military million people quite size whether
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.
east foreigners indonesia nations people provide security united workers
Obviously, it's up to Indonesia to provide for the security of its own people in East Timor, as well as United Nations workers and other foreigners in East Timor,
against assault battalion east forces government groups last militia outside people provided turn understanding
My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.
certainly displaced food kosovo nato people priority thousands trying within
trying to get food to the hundreds of thousands of displaced people within Kosovo is a priority for NATO and certainly for the non-government organizations.
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.
aid aircraft carry combat equipment load military people planes range transport wide
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.
cnn energetic facts hope mission people true understand
I hope that CNN is ... energetic in making this retraction and clarification so that people do understand what the true facts of this mission were.
adds army balkans bosnia deployed people percentage relatively small
If you look at our deployments today, under 5,000 people in Bosnia and about 5,000 people, under 6,000 people in Kosovo, it adds up to about 11,000 people, 10,000 or 11,000 people deployed in the Balkans out of an Army that's, what, 480,000, 485,000 people. It's a relatively small percentage
army army-and-navy bring crucial governance joint local people providing role setting talk together
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.
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.