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THANK YOU. THE PENTAGON MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THEY WOULD OPEN UP OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES INCLUDING CONFIDANTES TO WOMEN. DO YOU PLAN TO TRY TO BLOCK ALL...
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NO. WE HAVE A PROCESS. I MET WITH THE UNDERSECRETARY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE CAN LOOK INCREMENTALLY AS THEY MAKE THESE...
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| 00:01:19 |
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HAS SAID ANY EXCEPTIONS WILL HAVE TO GET APPROVED BY HIM. THE IMPLICATION IS THERE ARE GOING TO MOVE FAIRLY DRAMATICALLY IN THIS DIRECTION. DO YOU HAVE...
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| 00:01:42 |
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THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS. WE DO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. IF IT MEANS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION, THAT IS ONE THING. WE CAN BE REASONABLE...
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| 00:02:13 |
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WOULD BE A NEED FOR LEGISLATION. IT IMPLIED THAT YOU DID HAVE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT THERE WERE PARTS OF THIS THAT YOU DO OBJECT TO. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE...
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| 00:02:33 |
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TALK ABOUT THE INFANTRY OFFICERS ACTIVITY. THERE ARE TWO WOMEN WHO TRIED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO SO. IT IS JUST RESEMBLED THAT...
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| 00:03:10 |
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IS FAIR TO USE THE EXAMPLE OF TWO PARTICULAR INSTANCES TO SAY BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE COURTS THAT ALL WOMEN SHOULD BE BANNED...
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| 00:03:22 |
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NOT. I WAS TOLD BY THE MARINES OF THE PROBLEM GETTING WOMEN THROUGH THE COURSE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT SO FAR. I WILL LEAVE THAT DECISION UP...
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| 00:03:44 |
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THAT COMBAT. YOU MENTIONED THEY MAY HAVE A FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS. IF THEY GO BEYOND A CERTAIN POINT, WHERE IS THE RED LINE FOR YOU. WHAT THEY SAID IS...
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IS NO RED LINE. I AGREE WITH SENATOR MCCAIN. HE SAID THE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT PUT IN A POSITION WHERE A WOMAN CANNOT DO SOMETHING. WE DO NOT...
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| 00:04:46 |
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SWITCH TOPICS AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE NOMINATION OF CHUCK HAGEL FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY. YOU ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING HE WANTED TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY...
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HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT I CALLED SOME. I WAS DUMB COOKERY AT THE TIME. IT HAD BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I HAVE SERVED WITH...
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TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF HIS CHANCES OF GETTING CONFIRMATION AND WEATHER COMING OUT AGAINST HIM COULD POISON THE WATER IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP IF YOU BECOME...
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GOING TO OPPOSE HIM. WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION. IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THIS. REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, IF THE END OF DOING IT OVER MY...
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| 00:08:43 |
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TO AFRICA. IN THE FRENCH ARE ON THE GROUND AND IN MALI. THE UNITED STATES HAS SUPPLIED LIMITED AIRCRAFT TO SUPPORT THEM. IS IT MORE THE UNITED STATES...
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| 00:09:01 |
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THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THE JOSEPH COKONY SITUATION. WE KNOW ABOUT SOMALIA AND ALL THESE PROBLEM AREAS. WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON THE GROUND....
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| 00:10:11 |
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THE UNITED STATES CAN DO NOW ABOUT THE SITUATION IN MALI TO SUPPORT OF THE FRENCH OR UNILATERALLY WORK AGAINST THE ISLAMISTS THERE THAT HAVE GOTTEN...
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| 00:10:26 |
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THAT RIGHT NOW. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. I HOPE DURING THIS CONVERSATION WE GET INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE DISARMING OF THE MILITARY. IT RELATES...
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| 00:10:41 |
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THAT. IT TIES INTO RESOURCES. YOU ARE FACING A CONTRACTING MILITARY BUDGET. I KNOW YOU ARE AGAINST IT CONTRACTING AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASES IN...
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| 00:11:21 |
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YOU DISMAY MY CASE. WE NEED MORE RESOURCES. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT HE COMES OUT WITH AN INCREASE. THIS IS NOT THE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS. HIS BUDGET...
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| 00:14:33 |
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SHOULD WE MAY BE ADDRESSING THIS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE DOING THINGS AND A MORE INTELLIGENT FASHION? ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN MOVE OUR RESOURCES MORE...
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| 00:15:02 |
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ANYTHING FROM THESE HEARINGS. EVERYONE IS PREPARED. I GO OVER THERE. I TALKED TO THE COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE CHIEFS. THEY WILL...
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| 00:16:26 |
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MENTIONED AFGHANISTAN EARLIER. I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE RESIDUAL FORCE WHEN THE UNITED STATES WENT DOWN THE COMBAT MISSION. REALISTICALLY,...
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| 00:16:49 |
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HOUSE WILL LISTEN TO THE CHIEFS IN THE FIELDS AND ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE THE BACKGROUND THAT AND MAKE THAT DECISION. I DISAGREE WITH SOME OF OUR REPUBLICANS....
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| 00:17:47 |
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SUGGESTS THAT THE NUMBER WILL NOT BE ANY HIGHER. IS THAT ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTION YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? PROVIDE ENABLERS FOR THE AFGHAN SECURITY...
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| 00:18:08 |
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YOU MY OPINION. I SAY NO. IT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 18. UNIVERSALLY THEY WOULD SAY IT IS NOT ADEQUATE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE. WE STILL...
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| 00:18:54 |
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TALKED TO COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD. IS THERE A LARGE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS TO PROVIDE. >>
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| 00:19:09 |
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THE USER IS TALKING IN TERMS OF THE 15 OR 18. THAT IS AN AVERAGE. THIS IS A PRETTY SCARY THOUGHT. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THAT...
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| 00:21:19 |
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DIMENSION SEVERAL SIGN THAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING THESE THINGS. CONGRESS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT. -- YOU HAVE MENTIONED SEVERAL...
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| 00:21:50 |
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NOT INCREASED THE $5.30 TRILLION AND A DEFICIT THAT DID NOT GO TO DEFENSE, IT TO BE FAIRLY EASY TO TAKE WHAT HE HAS DONE AND SECLUDE DEFENSE FROM THE...
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| 00:22:23 |
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I WILL COME BACK TO THAT. THE ADMINISTRATION WALKED IN. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COLLAPSE OF OUR ECONOMY. A LOT OF THIS IS WORKING IN TWO. DEMOCRATS...
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| 00:22:41 |
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A MINUTE. I CANNOT LET YOU BUY WITH THAT. IT IS TRUE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER YOU WILL SAY HE INHERITED THIS. THAT MIGHT HAVE WORKED FOR A YEAR...
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| 00:23:44 |
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BE ABLE TO DELAY? >> JUMMY THE DELAYS
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| 00:23:48 |
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WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE EVEN -- TO ME THE DELAYS WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE EVEN AS SERIOUS AS THE CUTS. THE OHIO COST SUMMARY, THE WARHEADS. 76 IS THE ONE...
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| 00:24:41 |
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FINAL QUESTION? >> I WANTED TO
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| 00:24:45 |
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COME BACK TO WOMEN IN COMBAT ROLES. I KNOW THE DETAILS ARE NOT OUT THERE YET. THE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE AND HAS BEEN SIGNED. DID YOU TALK...
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| 00:25:28 |
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WILL BE UNACCEPTABLE WHEN WE SEE THEM. THESE HAVE TO COME A TECHNICALLY FROM THE CHIEFS. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY WILL BE LOOKING. THE WORDS THAT WERE...
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| 00:26:41 |
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THAT IS IT FOR OUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. COME SEE US AGAIN WHEN YOU ARE IN WASHINGTON. >>
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I WILL SURE DO IT. THANK YOU. >> US
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| 00:26:54 |
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE. LET'S START WITH THE CHUCK HAGEL NOMINATION. WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CAPITOL HILL? >> IS
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| 00:27:10 |
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DIFFICULT TO THINK THAT THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM CHUCK HAGEL. VERY FEW DEMOCRATS HAVE COME OUT PUBLICLY AGAINST CHUCK HAGEL. THERE IS A VERY STRONG UNDERCURRENT...
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| 00:27:58 |
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WOMEN IN THE MILITARY ANNOUNCEMENT. DO YOU GET THE SENSE THIS WILL BE A FIGHT? >> IT
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| 00:28:04 |
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IS INTERESTING. UNTIL THIS TIME SUMMIT OF THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN UNANIMOUS. THIS IS SEEN AS THE NEXT STEP. THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS....
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| 00:29:03 |
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IT IS INTERESTING. THIS IS A DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED SENATE. WHILE THE SENATOR MAY OBJECT TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION, HARRY REID CONTROLS THE FLOOR. CARL...
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| 00:29:38 |
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ANSWER TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ON THE SEQUESTRATION. YOU AS WHETHER OR NOT THERE ANY FORCE IS COMING INTO PLAY. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE THAT SEQUESTRATION...
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| 00:30:07 |
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AND THE NUMBER TWO DEBBIE 0 DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE HAS JUST APPOINTED THAT HE IS BECOMING THE TOP DEFENSE APPROPRIATORS. HE HAD SAID VERY RECENTLY THAT...
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| 00:30:49 |
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TO TAKE STEPS TO PREPARE ITSELF FOR THE SEQUESTRATION AND PLANNING THAT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE UNTIL NOW. >>
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| 00:31:11 |
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THEY ARE LAYING OFF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. IT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN. >> SENATOR INHOFE
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| 00:31:16 |
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HAS BEEN CRITICAL ABOUT NOT PLANNING EARLIER. THE >> THERE IS A LITTLE BRINKMANSHIP GOING. I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME AND WHEN EACH EVERYBODY SAID...
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| 00:31:38 |
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WAS CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE STANCE OF HIS OVERALL MILITARY AND MENTION THREE WAYS THE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED FOR CUTS, AND DELAYS, AND ADDITIONS...
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| 00:33:14 |
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WITH SENATOR JAMES INHOFE TODAY AT 6:00 P.M. EASTERN. NEXT
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.