Kenneth Bacon
Kenneth Bacon
Kenneth Hogate Baconwas an American journalist who served as a spokesman for the Department of Defense during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, and later as president of Refugees International, an organization dedicated to advocating for assistance and protection for displaced persons and promoting solutions to displacement crises...
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We believe hitting their (Serb) supplies -- their fuel and ammo supplies -- will have a demoralizing impact as well as a debilitating impact on their ability to operate. But I can't give you a firm estimate of how long it will take for their sources to dry up.
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We obviously hit enough tanks and other targets to win.
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What our lawyers have been looking at are the options we have for beginning to build the initial phases of this radar within the restrictions or terms of the ABM Treaty. And they have looked at that, and they have made some -- they have come up with some options which the president hasn't -- has not had a chance to decide on yet.
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We certainly know that Russians participated. Russian volunteers, mercenaries, we believe, did participate with paramilitary and other Serb forces.
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We're very concerned about help they've (Iran) been getting on a variety of programs, some from Russia, and some, we believe, from China as well. And we've voiced our concern both to the governments of Russia and China about this. And we will continue to voice our concern about efforts that aid the proliferation of missiles.
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We have designed a broad, seamless air campaign that should not be seen in terms of phases. It should be seen as one air campaign that will move through a series of targets and goals.
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Obviously, we welcome the Russian efforts to try to achieve a diplomatic settlement here, but so far we have not seen much Serb flexibility.
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We have plans for a swift and severe air campaign. This will be painful to the Serbs.
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We have a powerful military force in the Gulf ready to protect our interests there. We have in the past used a variety of military assets, including Tomahawk (cruise) missiles and aircraft, to protect our interests. And we will be able to do that in the future.
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There are some signs that in recent weeks Saddam Hussein has been concentrating more on defensive measures rather than offensive measures.
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He's a wily fellow, and that's why we'll continue to fly with great care and continue to devote a portion of our assets to dealing with his integrated air defense system.
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He has a choice now between cooperation and confrontation. Confrontation has not gotten him what he wanted. It might be time for him to try cooperation.
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You'll see an intensification of the campaign today, tomorrow and in the future.
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We are continuing to focus on air defenses. We have made progress, particularly against its command and control elements.