Mark Kimmitt
Mark Kimmitt
Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmittwas the 16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, serving under George W. Bush from August 2008 to January 2009. Prior to joining the State Department, he was a Brigadier General in the United States Army, and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East. Kimmitt has also served as Deputy Director for Strategy and Plans for the United States Central Command, and Deputy Director for Operations/Chief Military Spokesman for Coalition Forces in...
bad parties people
There may have been some kind of celebration, ... Bad people have celebrations too. Bad people have parties too.
soldier
That soldier said: 'There are some things going on here that I can't live with'.
hunted
They will be hunted down. They will be captured,
attacks change civilians continues number rise soft targets
the number of attacks on soft targets and civilians continues to rise ... we think this is a change on the part of the enemy.
activities clear continue evidence ground happened midnight night saw somewhat wedding
Day after day after day as we continue to get more evidence in ... it is pretty clear to us that what happened that night -- from after midnight to about 0400 -- that the activities that we saw on the ground were somewhat inconsistent with a wedding party,
happened
After we've notified the families, I think we're going to be a little more forthcoming on what happened up there,
command control full level officers senior series skill
You're going to need generals. You're going to need full colonels. You're going to need senior officers to command and control those organizations. Obviously, that is not a skill level that you can get in a series of weeks,
current fact strategy
the current strategy that we are implementing is in fact working.
casualty civilian enemy figures received somewhere
The casualty figures that we have received from the enemy are somewhere about 10 times that amount, ... About civilian casualties, there is no authoritative figure out there.