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Sep 26, 2008

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Michael Mullen spoke with reporters about the exchange of fire between U.S. and Pakistani troops along the border of Pakistan, and other issues.
Michael Mullen spoke with reporters about the exchange of fire between U.S. and Pakistani troops along the border of Pakistan, and other issues.

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00:00:32 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON PAKISTAN TO START OUT WITH...
00:03:41 Unidentified Speaker ADMIRAL, CONSIDERING THE CRISIS ARE CROSS BORDER THAT OCCURRED, HOW YOU GO ABOUT DENTING SUCH DISADVANTAGE...
00:04:14 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY IN MY MEETING WITH GENERAL CHIANTI, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND CERTAINLY WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES...
00:06:46 Unidentified Speaker JUST TO FOLLOW UP IS THIS NOW WORKING OR YOU GET THE SENSE THERE ARE PAKISTANI MILITARY THAT HALL...
00:07:03 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY. SOME WERE CONFIRMED AND SOME WERE NOT. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS THERE...
00:07:24 Unidentified Speaker THE SPECIFIC INCIDENTS IN WHICH THIS THE COMPLEXION MECHANISM HAS ACTUALLY WORKED.
00:07:32 Unidentified Speaker SURE, WE HAVE HAD, FLIP THAT SELF-DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LONG TIME. AND ON THE EASTERN BORDER IN...
00:08:39 Unidentified Speaker GO AHEAD.
00:08:40 Unidentified Speaker A DEEPER QUESTION. YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR SOME TIME ABOUT THE NEED FOR THREE ADDITIONAL BRIGADES...
00:08:48 Unidentified Speaker CORRECT.
00:08:49 Unidentified Speaker AND GENERAL MCKINNON STARTED TALKING REALLY ABOUT FOUR OF THEM, FOUR BRIGADES. THE ONE THAT IS GOING...
00:09:06 Unidentified Speaker THERE HAS BEEN A SHORTFALL IN TRAINING REQUIREMENT THAT IS ABOUT A BRIGADE SIDE WITH SIGNIFICANT TIME....
00:09:58 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD FOLLOW UP AGAIN ON THIS QUESTION OF THE CROSS BORDER INCIDENT. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING,...
00:10:47 Unidentified Speaker I'VE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCE BY THE SENIOR MILITARY LEADERSHIP IN PAKISTAN THAT THERE IS CERTAINLY NO...
00:11:27 Unidentified Speaker HOW ABOUT SHOULD ACROSS THE BORDER INTO AFGHANISTAN.
00:11:33 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS SPECULATION, CLEARLY.
00:11:35 Unidentified Speaker WOULDN'T YOU EXPECT THAT AN ALLIED IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL ENCROACHMENT OF AIRSPACE WOULD PROTEST...
00:11:46 Unidentified Speaker AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE BEYOND WHAT I HAVE SAID RIGHT NOW. I MET WITH THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP...
00:12:03 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. A CREDIT -- QUESTION ON RUSSIA. THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A NEW MODERNIZATION...
00:12:38 Unidentified Speaker MY OWN EXPERIENCE, TOM, WHEN I DEALT WITH MY COUNTERPARTS, AND WHEN I WAS I HAD OF OUR NAVY WITH THEIR...
00:13:49 Unidentified Speaker ADMIRAL, THE MECHANISM IN PLACE HAS BEEN THERE QUITE A WHILE PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN TO TEACH WILL...
00:14:14 Unidentified Speaker I MET WITH A JUNIOR OFFICER WHO IS THERE IN DIRECT CONTACT ELLEN LET'S SAY, THE AMERICAN LIAISON OFFICER...
00:14:49 Unidentified Speaker COULD YOU TELL US WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY SORT OF ORDERS GIVEN TO U.S. FLIERS WHO ARE ALONGSIDE...
00:15:12 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS NOT U.S..
00:15:14 Unidentified Speaker ADMIRAL, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SORT OF EXPLANATION FROM THE PAKISTANI MILITARY ABOUT WHY THE SHOOTING...
00:16:31 Unidentified Speaker BUT I HAVE VERY GOOD REASSURANCE, PAKISTANI MILITARY LEADERS, THAT -- WHERE WE WERE, IN FACT, THERE...
00:17:52 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS REALLY THE FOLLOW-UP FIRST. MUCH OF THE WORLD --
00:17:55 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS. THIS IS THE REAL QUESTION. MUCH OF THE WORLD, OF COURSE, IS
00:18:00 Unidentified Speaker SURE.
00:18:02 Unidentified Speaker AND ONE CAN ONLY SUSPECT THAT TROOPS ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD ON TV AND FEELING SOME LEVEL OF...
00:18:35 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ROCK SOLID AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IN THESE TWO WAR THAT IS WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING...
00:19:32 Unidentified Speaker I'VE SEEN NOTHING WITH RESPECT TO TO THAT.
00:19:34 Unidentified Speaker IN REGARD TO THE PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY REVIEW THAT THE U.S. HAS BEEN LEADING. IT'S BEEN CHARACTERIZED...
00:20:02 Unidentified Speaker IN MY OWN VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE AND CERTAINLY AS I'VE FOCUSED ON THIS HEAVILY OVER THE LAST YEAR, I...
00:22:34 Unidentified Speaker CAN SOMEBODY COME IN IN FOUR MONTHS AND'd)P+E A WHOLE NEW SET OF IDEAS TO WHAT END THIS EFFORT IS?...
00:22:43 Unidentified Speaker FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS THE SENIOR MILITARY ADVISOR, IT IS THE STRATEGIC LOOK THAT HAVE THE IMPORTANT...
00:22:58 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW-UP BUT A QUICK BUDGET FOLLOW-UP. IT'S ONE THING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND CONGRESS...
00:23:21 Unidentified Speaker IT IS -- THE 4% DISCUSSION HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT FOR ME AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A 4% FLOOR WHICH IS...
00:24:21 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A PAKISTAN QUESTION. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ARE THE U.S. CROSS-BORDER UNILATERAL ATTACKS....
00:24:38 Unidentified Speaker NOT UNLIKE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT FOCUS ON OPERATIONS, I TRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT OPERATIONS IN THESE GROUPINGS....
00:24:49 Unidentified Speaker IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PAKISTAN AND YOU MET WITH GENERAL KIYANI IN...
00:25:18 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND HOW COMPLICATED THE SITUATION IS. THERE'S NO EASY NEAR TERM SOLUTION. I THINK IT'S GOING...
00:26:17 Unidentified Speaker YOU SAID YOURSELF THE SAFE HAVEN HAS GOTTEN SAFER IN THE LAST YEAR WITH THESE ADDITIONAL TROOPS. ...
00:26:30 Unidentified Speaker THERE HAS NOT BEEN A STRONG PRESSURE PUT ON THAT SAFE HAVEN ON THE PAKISTANI SIDE. WE NEED ADDITIONAL...
00:27:09 Unidentified Speaker ON ONE HAND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PAKISTANIS ARE SAYING THAT THEY MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO...
00:27:42 Unidentified Speaker THE SPECIFIC GUIDANCE IS UP TO THE PAKISTANI MILITARY LEADERSHIP. WHAT I AM COMFORTABLE WITH IS THE...
00:28:56 Unidentified Speaker ADDITIONAL FORCES, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATION THAT AMERICA'S NATO ALLIES WILL COME UP WITH ANY SUBSTANTIAL...
00:29:06 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK ACTUALLY IN FAIRNESS -- AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE BROUGHT ON THEM OVER THE...
00:29:43 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU SEE -- SECRETARY GATES --
00:29:46 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:29:47 Unidentified Speaker SECRETARY GATES ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE WANTED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE U.S. FOOTPRINT....
00:29:54 Unidentified Speaker SURE.
00:29:56 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS LAST BRIGADE WAS ONLY VALIDATED RECENTLY. THE ADDITION WHEN...
00:30:15 Unidentified Speaker WATCH IT VERY CAREFULLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED RECENTLY IN IRAQ IS THAT WE CAN EXPAND...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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