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218th BRIGADE SERVED FOR A YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN. GENERAL, THEY FELT LIKE YOU, COMMANDED BY OUR GENERAL BOB LIVINGSTON, THEY WERE WORKING WITH AFGHAN...
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| 00:04:05 |
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MAGNIFICENT. BOB LIVE GINGSTON IS ONE THAT I SERVED WITH OVER TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE OF THOSE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. I WOULD LIKE TO DECLINE...
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| 00:05:14 |
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ON GETTING THAT POINT ACROSS. THEY ARE THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF IMPROVED SECURITY. >> THEY KNOW THAT, SIR. THEY TELL ME THAT ALL THE TIME. >> I...
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| 00:05:28 |
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IT, IT'S
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| 00:05:32 |
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A APPALLING THEY WOULD GIVE A GREEN LIGHT TO THE OTHER SIDE. ADD DEGS ADDITIONALLY YOU SAY THEY FLAME THE VIOLENCE. THE ADVISING TRAINING SUPPLY WEAPONS,...
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| 00:06:00 |
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IN WHICH WE HAVE SEEN THE PRESENCE OF SUPPORT TO THE TALIBAN. OUR SENSE IS THAT IRAN COULD DO MORE, IF THEY CHOSE TO, BUT THEY HAVE NOT. WE WATCH THE...
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| 00:07:24 |
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OF YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND THE
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| 00:07:30 |
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IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES AS WE TRANSITION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES AND IN TIME OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. IN NOVEMBER, I MET WITH SEVERAL FEMALE...
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| 00:10:48 |
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OF AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT ALWAYS DO EXACTLY WHAT WE PREFER AND WHAT WE WISH. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CLEAR OUR VIEW THAT...
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| 00:12:31 |
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CLEAR? >> GENTLEMEN -- GENT'S LADY'S TIME EXPIRED. TAKE THAT ONE LATER. >> OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I FOCUSED MY ATTENTION ON
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| 00:12:47 |
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THE AFGHAN NARCOTICS TRADE AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE
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| 00:12:52 |
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INSURGENTS. IN 2006, GENERAL JAMES JONES, THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER QUOTED "THE ACHILLES HEEL OF AFGHANISTAN IS THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM AND WENT...
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| 00:17:22 |
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AGENCY APPROACH TO COUNTERNARCOTICS BOTH ON THE U.S. SIDE, BUT ALSO THE INNER AGENCIES CAPABILITIES BUILT INTO THE AFGHAN SIDE AS WELL. THE COUNTERNARCOTICS...
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| 00:19:12 |
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CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IN
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| 00:19:17 |
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THE AFTERMATH EVER THEOF THE MISTAKEN BURNING OF BOOKS FOLLOWED BY THE MASSACRE OF 16 INCIDENT CIVILIANS, NINE OF WHOM WERE CHILDREN, APPARENTLY AT THE...
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| 00:23:07 |
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YOU, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE THOROUGH, AND WE DO OPERATE FROM A PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. IT IS THE NATURE OF WHO WE ARE AND IT'S THE NATURE OF OUT...
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| 00:24:35 |
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BECOME PROFICIENT AND TO MOVE INTO THE FORE AND ON THE WHOLE, IN THE END, I THINK IT HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL. IT'S NOT JUST BEEN A UNILATERAL DECISION. IT'S...
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| 00:25:01 |
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THE INCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE LITANY OF THINGS THAT WENT WRONG INCLUDING ONE SPECIALIST, PAYTON JONES, LAID TO REST IN TEXAS. GENERAL ALLEN, THERE...
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| 00:26:28 |
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH PUSHING THAT AND SOMETIMES THAT HAS SOME IMPACT. NOT OFTEN TMPLTS WOULD ULTIMATELY BE A FUNCTION OF WHAT THE NUMBER
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| 00:26:34 |
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WOULD BE. BUT THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP TWA THEY WERE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT COMBAT POW SIR NECESSARY, WHAT THE FORCE ...
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| 00:27:07 |
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AND AS YOU CORRECTLY STATE ADD MOMENT AGO, I'LL GIVE THE PRESIDENT MY BEST MILITARY ADVICE. WITH REGARD TO THE COMBAT POWER NEEDED TO FINISH THIS MISSION,...
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| 00:27:49 |
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REFLECTION OF COMING TO THE END OF THE WORK AND NEED LESS RESOURCES OR IS THAT BUDGET DRIVING THE TRAIN AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND,...
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| 00:28:06 |
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POINT. >> DR. MILLER, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INDICATION WHAT THE IMPACT ON THE AFGHAN ECONOMY HAS BEEN FROM THE CARE AND
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| 00:28:15 |
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FEEDING OF IZEFI P ISEF FORCES IN PLACE AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THAT NUMBER'S DRAMATICALLY LESS AFTER 2014? >> SIR, YES. LET ME FIRST JUST ADD TO...
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| 00:28:34 |
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ASFF FUNDING. IN DIGGS TO US REACHING A CERTAIN POINT WITH RESPECT TO THE EQUIPMENT, GENERAL ALLEN AND HIS TEAM SUPPORTED BY CENTCOM AND BY THE OFFICE...
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| 00:30:05 |
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POINT, MR. TURNER HAD ASKED ABOUT POPPY GROWTH. CAN YOU GIVE ME A SPECIFIC AS TO HOW MUCH LESS POPPY GROWTH THERE IS GOING ON IN AFGHANISTAN NOW AS...
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| 00:30:29 |
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MR. TURNER AND YOU THE SENSE OF WHERE WE THINK WE'LL BE GOING BOTH IN TERMS OF AFGHAN SECURITY FORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS COUNTERNARCOTICS. >> RIGHT....
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| 00:30:44 |
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THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CROPS. PLANT, WHEAT. WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE
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| 00:30:54 |
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NORMAL EDUCATIONAL -- >> THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED. IS IT IN PLACE? >> IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM. >> LONG TERM...
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| 00:31:04 |
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YEARS. >> FIVE? TEN? >> I CAN'T TELL YOU. AGAIN,
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| 00:31:08 |
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I'LL ADD THAT INTO THE -- >> MR. CRITZ, I --
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| 00:31:12 |
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I ALSO WILL
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| 00:31:14 |
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CONTRIBUTE TO ADDING MORE DETAIL TO THE RECORD, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY A VERY LONG-TERM PROSPECT AND
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| 00:31:20 |
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IT'S -- IT'S EXPECTED TO BE TEN YEARS-PLUS. IF I COULD I WANT TO -- WHILE I'VE GOT THE FLOOR ON THIS ISSUE, THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS SUPPORT OF...
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| 00:32:13 |
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THAT THE ANSF IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 352,000. A AND P BEING 157. GENERALLY IN YOUR ESTIMATION OR EXPERT ANALYSIS, THE GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-COMMISSIONED...
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| 00:33:05 |
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GOING TO BE FOR SOME TIME. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE IN PLACE NOW. THAT THE CURRICULA ARE COMING ONLINE AND WE ARE BUILDING A NON-COMMISSIONED...
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| 00:34:09 |
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BOON TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTION, PAPER ORC, NET PAPERWORK, NETWORKS. IS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AT AFGHANISTAN AT A POINT NOW AS WE BEGIN THIS DRAWDOWN...
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| 00:35:09 |
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ALLEN I WANT TO GO TO YOU AND PICK UP SOME OF THE WORDS FROM YOUR TESTIMONY. YOU STATED THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY INSURGENCIES HAVE SELDOM BEEN DEFEATED...
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| 00:36:34 |
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TRANCHES BEFORE THEY ARE ANNOUNCED, WE GO TO SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF DETAIL. OF PLANNING BOTH ON THE ISEF SIDE BUT ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFGHAN...
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| 00:40:37 |
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THE IN-STATE IN TERMS OF, LET'S SAY, OUR CONVENTIONAL GROUND COMBAT UNITS ARE GONE FROM THE COUNTRY. I SUSPECT WE WOULD STILL HAVE, AFTER 2014 MAYBE...
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| 00:41:12 |
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MISSION. AT THIS POINT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE EITHER -- >> I'M SORRY. I'M REFERRING TO THE COST OF THE U.S. TAXPAYER OR THE COST OF INTERNATIONAL...
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| 00:41:22 |
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THEIR SECURITY FORCES AND THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT AFTER 2014, WHAT SUPPORT? >> I SEE. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY SUSTAINED...
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| 00:41:40 |
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NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES OVER TIME. AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, YOU CAN THINK OF IT IN A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATELY COST TO SUSTAIN THAT 352,000,...
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| 00:42:21 |
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EXPECT TO BE MORE THAN THAT. >> MORE THAN THAT. >> TO SUSTAIN AT A LOWER NUMBER THAT WOULD BE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AT A POINT IN TIME
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| 00:42:27 |
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WHEN THE INSURGENCY HAD BEEN FURTHER DEGRADED AND
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| 00:42:31 |
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SMALLER. THE NUMBER OF $4 BILLION OR A LITTLE OVER HAS BEEN CERTAINLY PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS -- CERTAINLY AT...
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| 00:43:45 |
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FROM TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY AND HAVING SOME TYPE OF BASIC OPERATION WHERE ISBY WE CAN LAUNCH COUNTERTERRORISM STRIKES, SUCH AS THE ONE WE DID RECENTLY...
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| 00:44:06 |
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PRESENCE TO PREVENT AL QAEDA WITHIN AFGHANISTAN FROM FINDING ITSELF OPERATIONALLY RELEVANT SAFE HAVEN WHICH IT DOES NOT HAVE NOW. >> THANK YOU, GENERAL....
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| 00:45:03 |
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SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES IN IRAQ WITH THE MARINE CORPS I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WHERE WE WILL TO CONVINCE TRIBAL LEAD TOERSERS TO COOPERATE WITH US...
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| 00:45:59 |
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THE TALIBAN FROM
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| 00:46:01 |
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OVERFLOWING THE AFGHANISTAN GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL KIND OF SAFE HAVEN. TWO VERY DISSTINKTLY DIFFERENT GOALS. I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE OVERTHROWING THE...
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| 00:48:05 |
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TERM. BUT, OF COURSE, THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE INVOLVED ULTIMATELY IN AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE, AND AFGHANISTAN IS CHOOSING TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS...
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| 00:48:28 |
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A SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC INTEREST. PERHAPS EVEN ECLIPSING THE CHINESE INTEREST, BOUGHT STRONG ECONOMIC INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT ALSO HAS LONG-TERM...
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| 00:49:04 |
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WITH THE AFGHANISTAN FORCES? HAS CHINA OFFERED A SIGNIFICANT DOLLAR FIGURE, OR IS IT -- >> YES, SIR. I'LL HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH FOR YOU. I'M TAKE...
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| 00:49:21 |
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THAT WE WANT -- OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT THE AFGHANISTAN ECONOMY TO IMPROVE
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| 00:49:26 |
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OVER TIME. WE WANT IT, OVER TIME, TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING A LONG ROAD. WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THE UNITED STATES IS THAT WE...
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| 00:50:22 |
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MILITARY AND THE UNITED STATES TAXPAYER BY HAVING US PAY THE BURDEN IN BOTH BLOOD AND MONEY FOR QUITE HONESTLY, AN AREA WHERE CHINA IS GOING TO BE IT'S...
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| 00:51:12 |
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HERE. GENERAL, APPRECIATE
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| 00:51:14 |
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YOUR TEAM BEING HERE. I KNOW YOU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM. YOU DO A GREAT DEAL FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. I HAVE TO POINT OUT A SPECIAL GREETING HERE TO COMMANDER...
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| 00:53:20 |
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BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. AND THAT'S A, AN ANCIENT AND A, IN MANY RESPECTS, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP FOR AFGHANISTAN. SO I WILL NOT TAKE ISSUE WITH THE FACT...
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| 00:54:22 |
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THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT. SO WHAT WE SEE IS A -- IS IN MANY INSTANCES A POSITIVE, BUT THEN JUST AS GENERAL ALLEN TALKED ABOUT, AT THE SAME TIME IN...
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| 00:55:10 |
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THE LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN TO OUR BENEFIT. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S A REAL BASIS FOR THAT, BUT, I MEAN, I DEFER THIS...
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| 00:55:57 |
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WOULD BE A VERY QUICK INDICATOR TO US. THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. >> THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT TWO COMMITTEES GOING...
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| 00:56:09 |
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MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. PLOTSO. >> I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. DOES THE GENERAL HAVE A SCUBA BUBBLE ABOVE HIS GOLD JUMP WINGS, WE JUST
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| 00:56:26 |
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CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF UNIFORM FOR ALL OF HIS PRESTIGIOUS RIBBONS AND MEDAL SS YOU'RE KIND TO ASK, BUT I TRIED TO STAY ABOVE THE WATER....
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| 00:56:48 |
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UP. WE GO TO THE PACIFIC REGION AND OF COURSE YOU EXPECT TO
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| 00:56:52 |
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HEAR CHINA AND EVERY AREA YOU GO TO, THE SUBJECT OF CHINA COMES UP. THIS MORNING I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ARCTIC AND CHINA CAME UP, HOW THEY'RE...
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| 00:58:22 |
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TO PROSECUTE THESE CASES UNDER U.S. LAW AND WE INTEND TO DO. >> SO AND THAT'S BASED ON THE STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT. >> RIGHT. >> SO IS IT A POSSIBILITY...
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| 00:58:34 |
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GREAT. TURN HIM OVER TO THE AFGHANI
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| 00:58:37 |
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GOVERNMENT? >> I'M NOT THE ONE TO ASK. >> OKAY. I DIDN'T -- >> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I INTEND TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY ULTIMATELY
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| 00:58:45 |
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TO PROSECUTE THIS CASE AND WE WILL DO IT UNDER U.S. LAW. AND I WAS CLEAR WITH THAT, IN THAT DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI. >> OKAY. >> DR. MILLER?...
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| 00:58:47 |
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| 00:59:42 |
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THAT NEVER HAPPEN, PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LEGISLATIVE TO CODIFY THAT. NEXT QUESTION. WHAT'S THE MOOD OF OUR YOUNG NCOs SERVING...
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| 01:00:24 |
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A MISSION. TEN YEARS INTO THIS CONFLICT, THEY ARE AS PROFESSIONAL AS WE'VE EVER SEEN, THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES, IN PARTICULAR...
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| 01:01:19 |
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FINAL QUESTION. THERE ARE MANY DETAINEES CURRENTLY HELD IN THE U.S. DETENTION
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| 01:01:25 |
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FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN WHOM THE U.S. FORCES IDENTIFIED AS ENDURING SECURITY THREATS. THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES. SOME OF THESE DETAINEES ARE ...
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| 01:02:50 |
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EXPRESSED TO RELEASE ONE OF THE DETAINEES, ULTIMATELY THAT THEY CONTROL, WE EXPRESS OUR DESIRE THAT THEY NOT. THEY WILL GIVE IT FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION,...
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| 01:03:58 |
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THE TRANSITION EFFORT THAT IS UNDER WAY, BEING LED BY -- BEING LED BY GENERAL ALLEN, THERE IS AN INNER AGENCY TASK FORCE THAT'S FOCUSED ON THIS QUESTION...
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| 01:04:45 |
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AND WE'VE FOUND THAT THEY HAVE -- A FAIRLY HIGH PERCENTAGE HAVE GONE BACK TO KILLING AMERICANS, AND THAT'S -- WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AVOID...
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