Richard Myers
Richard Myers
Richard Bowman Myersis a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States' military forces...
activity couple days last means seeing seen
It's just a little more activity in the last couple of days than we have seen in the last couple of years. But we don't think it means anything more than what we've been seeing
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I don't see issues with either of those that would tell me that North Korea is on a different footing today than they were, let's say, 30 days ago,
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surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.
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We believe there are more than 100 additional caves in the area, so operations will probably most likely continue for the next few days,
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We are not doing any pre-planned operations today, as Friday is the Muslim holy day. But we do have forces available to hit any emerging targets.
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That I can't tell you, ... What I can tell you is the organization that he is associated with has provided intelligence to our intelligence unit there in Baghdad that has saved soldiers' lives.
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They attacked Iraqi security forces, trying to keep people from signing up to defend their country. ... We have more recruits than we can actually, than the Iraqis can handle, ... Face the Nation.
concerned
They'll have a lot more to be concerned about shortly,
dangerous people
very, very dangerous people ... who have killed.
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This plan, and our thrust, and our major attacks, and the way it will unfold will be at a time and a place of our choosing. The one thing you can count on is that we're going to have patience,
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About 25 percent of them can do independent operations or operations with little help from coalition forces, but every week that number changes and goes up.
win
This is a win strategy, ... In a sense, things are going well.
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This is one of the things that we have seen over time, that in the no-fly zones there will be surface-to-air missiles moved in, moved around and moved out,
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It's trying to walk that very fine line between being seen as an occupier, and being effective and winning this war and helping the Iraqis stand up on their feet and take the fight to the enemy.