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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The honor and value systems of our armed forces are solid and the bedrock of what makes us the best in the world, ... There has been no catastrophic failure, and America's armed forces will never compromise their honor.
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What we're seeing is that unmistakably the number of engagements per day are increasing,
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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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We're fighting a low-intensity conflict that is multifaceted,
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We are taking the fight into the safe havens of the enemy in the heartland of the country, where we continue to face former regime loyalists, criminals and foreign terrorists,
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I think clearly the number of wounded, also the number of engagements over the past three weeks, have been a little bit higher than we've seen before,
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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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At this point in time, there's no reported exchange of fire,
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Emotional Love: Playing on the love a detainee has for an individual or group.
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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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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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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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Sir, when I saw the pictures I was absolutely sickened by them. I thought I was going to throw up.