Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sánchezis a former United States Army lieutenant general who stood as a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate election in 2012 for the seat of retiring Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison...
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What we're seeing here is clearly a continued attempt and a more concentrated effort by the enemy to try to get all the Iraqis that are cooperating with the coalition to break away and not provide us that support that is so crucial to getting to economic progress and the transition to sovereignty,
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Incentive/Removal of Incentive: Providing a reward or removing a privilege, above and beyond those that are required by the Geneva Convention.
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We will not let a small group of criminals and thugs control the destiny of this country,
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Emotional Love: Playing on the love a detainee has for an individual or group.
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At this point in time, there's no reported exchange of fire,
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sophistication, especially in the improvised explosive devices that they are using, and we're working to learn from that and to be able to counter them.
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you (veterans) are the great American heroes. Your patriotism and your willingness to sacrifice are deeply appreciated by our country and your sacrifice will never be forgotten.
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I am fully committed to thorough and impartial investigations that examine the role, commissions and omissions of the entire chain of command, and that includes me.
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But this is exactly where we want to fight them. ...This will prevent the American people from having to go through their attacks back in the United States.
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Sir, when I saw the pictures I was absolutely sickened by them. I thought I was going to throw up.
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We are moving towards a precision approach in the conduct of our operations that begins to take into consideration the Iraqi culture and sensitivities and we want to be precise in our application of combat power,
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It's a tremendous natural tragedy that has occurred and America has mobilized itself to help our own citizens. It's going to require some concentrated effort over a period of time, but I think it's going much better today,
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It's my understanding that people who have disabilities are going to be given high priority in terms of evacuation,
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We're fighting a low-intensity conflict that is multifaceted,