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Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON THE SITUATION IN SYRIA AND DISCUSS THE POLICIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA. IT WAS NEARLY A YEAR AGO THAT...
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| 00:07:44 |
McCain, John S. III - U.S. Senator, [R] Arizona
ON HORRIFIC SITUATION IN SYRIA. THE URGENCY OF THE HEARING HAS GROWN MORE IMPORTANT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. IT'S ESTIMATED NEARLY 7500 LIVES HAVE...
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| 00:16:22 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
PANETTA? >> CHAIRMAN LEVIN, SENATOR McCAIN, THANK YOU, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE ONGOING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA. THIS TRAGEDY...
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| 00:28:45 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
SYRIAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SECRETARY. GENERAL DEMPSEY? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, SENATOR McCAIN, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS...
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| 00:28:58 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
YOU TODAY AND DISCUSS THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN SYRIA. IT'S TRAGIC FOR THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA AND THE REGION. REAL DEMOCRATIC REFORM SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE...
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| 00:30:40 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
GENERAL. LET'S TRY A SEVEN MINUTE ROUND. SECRETARY PA NET, TAKE THE ARAB LEAGUE PROPOSED A TRANSITION PLAN, HAS THE ARAB LEAGUE REQUESTED MILITARY INTERVENTION...
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| 00:31:01 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
DID THEY SUPPORT MILITARY INTERVENTION IN LIBYA? >> THEY DID. >> WHAT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE? >> I THINK THEY SHARE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT...
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| 00:38:18 |
McCain, John S. III - U.S. Senator, [R] Arizona
BOTH. SENATOR McCAIN? >> GENERAL DEMPSEY AS THE REPORTS IN THE WASHINGTON REPORT ACCURATE ABOUT IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT? WE DON'T NEED A CLOSED SESSION...
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| 00:38:27 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
SAY WHETHER "THE WASHINGTON POST" IS CORRECT OR NOT. >> "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS PARTS OF THEIR REPORTING ARE ACCURATE, YES, SENATOR. >> THANK...
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| 00:49:29 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
AND BEING PREPARED AS YOU SUGGESTED TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL RESOURCES, IT WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL AND IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN A TIMELY WAY. TO ME, I'VE...
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| 00:54:08 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
PLACE. CAN IT HAPPEN TODAY? CAN IT HAPPEN NOW? NO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND WE WILL DO IT IN A WAY THAT WILL NOT MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE. >> THANK...
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| 00:55:58 |
Brown, Scott - U.S. Senator, [R] Massachusetts
THAT, AND LEADING IN SYRIA? I DO NOT SEE THAT YET, AND MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE. MAYBE WE SET UP A SECURE ...
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| 00:56:50 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
UP? >> THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SENATOR, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THOUGH CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT -- LIKE THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT, BUT NOT...
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| 01:00:08 |
Nelson, Ben - U.S. Senator, [D] Nebraska
SERVICE. IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT AL QAEDA LEADERS AND OTHERS EXTREMISTS HAVE CALLED THEIR MEMBERS OF THEIR GROUPS TO SUPPORT THE UPRISING OF SYRIA...
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| 01:00:38 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
UPRISING SECRETARY? >> WE DO, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO -- >> NO. >> -- DISCUSS THAT IN CLOSED SESSION. >> SO WE DO HAVE AN IDEA, WE HAVE THE INTEL?...
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| 01:07:28 |
Ayotte, Kelly A. - U.S. Senator, [R] New Hampshire
RUSSIA BLOCKED THE U.N. RESOLUTIONS AND BOTH OF THEM MOST RECENTLY IN FEBRUARY. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC ANDY NATIONAL...
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| 01:08:14 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
PEOPLE? >> THEY HAVE A LONG STANDING FOREIGN MILITARY SALES RELATIONSHIP WITH THEN AND IT CONTINUES ON UNSTOPPED. >> AND US DOES NOT SEEM TO MATTER...
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| 01:14:24 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
ON A CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS, THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE ONE ROUND HERE AND IT IS OR PLAN TO SUCCEED. SENATOR REID. >> THANK YOU...
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| 01:14:41 |
Reed, John "Jack" F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Rhode Island
CHAIRMAN, AND SECRETARY. ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE BEGINNING TO BE CONTEMPLATED, THE HUMANTARIAN CORRIDORS AND AERIAL STRIKES AND ALL WOULD PRESUME...
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| 01:15:13 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
A CAMPAIGN-- CAN YOU TELL US HOW LONG AN OPERATION WOULD BE IN BE? >> WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE AIR PROGRAM, THAT STAYS WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITITY....
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| 01:16:11 |
Reed, John "Jack" F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Rhode Island
SO FROM A VIEW ALONE, THE OPENING STAGES IN ANY MILITARY OPERATION WOULD BE AN EXTENDED EXCLUSIVE AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SYRIA, SUPPORTED POLITICAL EDED...
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| 01:19:13 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
IN CLOSED SESSION, WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT IS PRETTY SOPHISTICATED BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A LOT OF IT IS LOCATED IN POPULATED...
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| 01:23:38 |
Cornyn, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Texas
EXPORTER BY THE NAME OF ROSOBORON EXPORT. AND COULD YOU, I GUESS, GENERAL DEMPSEY I'M CATCHING MYSELF, BECAUSE YOU SUGGESTED THAT SOME OF THIS YOU...
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| 01:24:13 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
IN SYRIA? >> THEY HAVE HAD LONG STANDING ECONOMIC AND MILITARY RELATIONSHIPS IN SYRIA, AND AS WE SAID, THE PORT THERE IN SYRIA IS OWNED BY THE RUSSIANS,...
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| 01:24:59 |
Cornyn, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Texas
PLAYER IN BRINGING PRESSURE ON ASSAD. >> LET ME TRANSITION YOU A BIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS WITH THIS SAME FIRM I MENTIONED...
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| 01:26:35 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
POINT? >> NO. BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE ARE BUYING M-I-17s FOR THE AFGHAN MILITARY BUT I CANNOT DONE FIRM THAT IS THE CORPORATION PROVIDING THEM. >>...
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| 01:30:27 |
Blumenthal, Richard - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
MR. SECRETARY, BY THE CONVICTION THAT THE REGIME WILL FALL, YOU SAID THAT THEY WILL MEET THEIR END. THERE ARE FEW THINGS IN LIFE THAT ARE INEVITABLE...
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| 01:32:22 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
THE OPPOSITION? >> YES, THERE IS. AND LET ME MENTION ALSO WITH REGARDS TO YOUR PREFACING REMARKS. LOOK, IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS TO MAKE PREDICTIONS IN...
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| 01:39:44 |
Graham, Lindsey - U.S. Senator, [R] South Carolina
AN AMERICAN HELICOPTER FITS THE NEED, I'M ALL FOR THEM BUYING FROM US. THE SENATOR MADE A GOOD OBSERVATION, I DO NOT THINK THAT ANY OF US BELIEVE THAT...
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| 01:47:53 |
Shaheen, Jeanne - U.S. Senator, [D] New Hampshire
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT ARMS SHIPMENTS FROM RUSSIA AND CHINA. REPORTS...
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| 01:50:20 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
THE HUMANITARIAN EFFORT. THERE IS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. INDEED, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHETHER OR NOT TO...
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| 01:51:27 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
ABOUT IT IS WHEN THEY PUT DEMANDS ON THE HOST NATION MEDICAL SYSTEM AND SOME OTHER THINGS. TO A T. ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, YES, OF COURSE THERE'S MORE...
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| 01:53:30 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
LIBYA SO HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH THAT SITUATION? >> IT'S 100 TIMES WORSE THAN WHAT WE DEALT IN WITH LIBYA. AND FOR THAT REASON THAT'S WHY IT'S RAISED...
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| 01:53:44 |
Shaheen, Jeanne - U.S. Senator, [D] New Hampshire
CAN SECURE THOSE SIGHTS. >> THANK YOU. AND ARE THERE OTHER NEW SANCTIONS THAT THE OPERATION AND CONGRESS COULD ENACT THAT WOULD FURTHER DISSUADE...
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| 01:55:16 |
Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH SENATOR McCAIN AND GRAHAM AND BLOOMEN BLOOMENTHAL...
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| 01:56:32 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
COMMANDER'S ESTIMATE PROCESS LOOKS AT WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL MISSIONS, WHAT IS THE ENEMY ORDER OF BATTLE, WHAT ARE THE ENEMY'S CAPABILITIES, OR POTENTIAL...
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| 01:56:49 |
Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
TIME. THAT'S A COMMANDER'S ESTIMATE. >> SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT? >> YES. >> HAVE YOU COMPLETED THAT? >> YES. >> AND YOU SAID SECRETARY PANETTA, THAT...
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| 01:57:04 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
PLANNING. WHAT WOULD BE THE CONTINGENCY PLANNING? >> THE NEXT LEVEL OF DETAIL WOULD BE FOR US TO TAKE ACTUAL UNITS AND APPLY AGAINST TAKING THEM...
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| 02:09:28 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
LAST POINT BECAUSE YOU USED THE WORD PERMISSION AT TIMES AS BEING HELPFUL TO ACHIEVING AN INTERNATIONAL COALITION. YOU DON'T NEED ANY AUTHORITY FROM...
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| 02:10:45 |
Webb, James "Jim" H. - U.S. Senator, [D] Virginia
THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN TO ME ON THIS VERY SAME ISSUE. AND THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES ACTING UNILATERALLY IF WE DECIDE IT'S...
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| 02:15:18 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
THIS STATEMENT? >> LET ME PUT THIS ON A PERSONAL DEAL. MY PERSONAL VIEW WOULD BE THAT THAT WAS THE CASE
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| 02:15:28 |
Webb, James "Jim" H. - U.S. Senator, [D] Virginia
THERE. >> I THINK IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES YOUR COMMENT THAT IN POLICY TERMS EACH SITUATION IS UNIQUE AND THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO USE THE BEST BUILDING BLOCKS...
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| 02:17:18 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT IS POSED BY SYRIA. AS APPALLED AS WE ALL ARE BY THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN SYRIA. ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT I WOULD...
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| 02:19:39 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
RELUCTANCE ON MY PART AT THIS POINT, IT'S BECAUSE I CAN'T GET MY INTELLECT AROUND THAT RISK. I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT YET. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT...
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| 02:20:30 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Secretary
SENATOR, ONE THING WE FOUND IN THIS REGION OF THE WORLD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE -- ONCE YOU PROVIDE THESE ARMS, THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES AS TO WHERE...
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| 02:21:21 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
TO PROVIDE ARMS OURSELVES. SENATOR SHAHEEN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE MAN PAD ISSUE WITH LIBYA. WE'VE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AS YOU...
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| 02:25:49 |
Dempsey, Martin E. - Chairman
TRANSPORTATION LINES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. >> IRAQ HAS DONE TWO THINGS THAT I VIEW AS QUITE POSITIVE. ONE AS THE SECRETARY MENTIONED, THE STATEMENT...
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