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TO WELCOME OUR FRIEND, TOM DONNELLY, FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO OFFER HIS PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS TIMELY. THERE ARE A LOT OF POLLS THIS...
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| 00:08:54 |
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A VIGOROUS INTERNATIONALIST FOREIGN POLICY THAT RECOGNIZES AS WILL MARSHALL WAS SAYING THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF PROMOTING...
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| 00:32:17 |
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THANKS TO LARRY FOR PERFORMING AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I WOULD COMMEND EVERYONE TO ACTUALLY READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE HE'S TELLING AN IMPORTANT...
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| 00:32:33 |
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OF BEING -- OF HAVING GOTTEN TO THE BATTLE FIRST AND MY USUAL ROLE OF BEATING UP ON THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY BEEN CO OPTED. BUT RATHER THAN...
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| 00:43:57 |
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TERRIBLE SITUATION, BUT I WANT TO PRESS -- ASK BOTH OF YOU THEN THIS QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE ROAD NOT TAKEN? ONE PHRASE HAUNTS ME OF SOMETHING...
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| 00:45:37 |
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GOING TO BE RESENTED. THAT THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT WAS NOT GOING TO REACT WELL TO OCCUPATION, AND THAT WE HAD TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE...
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| 00:50:02 |
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WERE IN
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| 00:50:03 |
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MOSUL, SAY SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER YOU THE INVASION, THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A C.P.A. PRESENCE THERE. IT WAS REALLY A DRIVE-BY. >> RIGHT. >> EVEN AT...
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| 00:50:32 |
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THE MILITARY AS AN INSTITUTION IS
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| 00:50:34 |
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ACTUALLY QUITE COMPELLING, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO STEP BACK AT ALL FROM A CRITIQUE OF THE WAY THE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS IN THE PENTAGON WENT ABOUT...
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| 00:53:14 |
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OFFICERS I MET TRYING TO DO CIVIL AFFAIRS WORK IN THESE COMMUNITIES. MANY OF THEM WILL NOT BEEN TRAINED AS CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICERS, SOME OF THEM HAD....
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| 00:55:18 |
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ROW. >> MY NAME IS SARA FELT AND I'M INTERNING
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| 00:55:23 |
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FOR CONGRESSMAN DENNIS MOORE OF KANSAS. AND MY QUESTION IS
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| 00:55:27 |
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THIS, WHAT EFFECT DOES THE STRETCHED MILITARY AND PRESIDENT BUSH'S EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL SECURITY HAVE
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| 00:55:42 |
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ON THE MOVING FORWARD TO REBUILDING IRAQ? >> YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE MILITARY BEING STRETCHED SO THIN AND -- >> RIGHT, WHAT EFFECT DOES THAT AS WELL...
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| 00:56:10 |
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IT IN SOME WAY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN IRAQ. I DON'T THINK
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| 00:56:14 |
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THAT IT'S -- THE SOCIAL SECURITY INITIATIVE THAT'S DRAWING HIS
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| 00:56:18 |
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ATTENTION AWAY FROM IRAQ.
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| 00:56:20 |
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IF IT IS. I
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| 00:56:22 |
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DO THINK, AND I'VE ALREADY SUGGESTED THIS BUT TOM IS THE EXPERT ON MILITARY AFFAIRS SO I'LL LET HIM DISCUSS IT IN GREATER DETAIL, WE JUST DON'T HAVE...
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| 00:57:35 |
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RELATED TO EACH OTHER, EXACTLY. IF WE'RE
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| 00:57:37 |
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NEAR THE BREAKING POINT WE CAN'T GET THE RECRUITS, DO WE GO PAST THE BREAKING POINT? YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM? HOW DO YOU GET A BIGGER...
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| 00:57:52 |
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THAT'S PROBABLY PRIMARILY A QUESTION FOR ME. AND LOOK, YOU
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| 00:57:56 |
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HAVE HAVE TO TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC OR SOPHISTICATED VIEW OF WHAT THE RECRUITMENT INFORMATION TELLS US. OR INDEED THE POLL NUMBERS. ONE OF THE REASONS...
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| 00:58:13 |
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SERVE MY COUNTRY IN UNIFORM I'M NOT ONLY GOING TO GO TO IRAQ FOR SURE OR AFGHANISTAN, I'M GOING TO DO IT REPEATEDLY, OK? SO THE VOLUNTEER FORCE IS...
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| 01:00:32 |
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FIRST SHIA
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| 01:00:34 |
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ARAB STATE IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM WHICH IS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE REGION, AND MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU TALK -- MR. DONNELLY, ABOUT...
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| 01:01:28 |
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EMBRACE. WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT THIS ACTUALLY AS A TWO-WAY STREET THAT HELPS US TRANSFORM THE NATURE OF POLITICS IN IRAQ OR IN LEBANON OR ANYPLACE...
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| 01:02:29 |
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ALL THREE PARTIES TO THE TABLE. I THINK THAT THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, PARTIAL BUT QUITE DRAM PLATIC, IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IN SHARING...
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| 01:03:51 |
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TO PARTNER WITH THEM AS MUCH AS THEY WANT. BUT I
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| 01:03:55 |
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THINK IT'S GOT TO BE THEIR INITIATIVE.
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| 01:03:58 |
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THAT'S WHERE -- THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, I WANT
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| 01:04:01 |
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TO UNDERSCORE, I THINK, THE WAY IN WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ILL-ADVISED AND WHY I THINK WE WOULD DO WELL FOR IRAQIS AND FOR OURSELVES TO...
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| 01:07:04 |
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ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE FACT THAT YOU AFFIRM PROFESSOR DIAMOND'S NARRATIVE OF THE WHOLE SITUATION
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| 01:07:10 |
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WHERE TERRIBLE MISTAKES, ARROGANCE, AND INCOMPETENCE
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| 01:07:14 |
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AND THEN THE ANALYSIS LOOKING FORWARD WHICH
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| 01:07:18 |
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IS THE INSURGENCY IS HEADED FOR A MILITARY DEFEAT AND THE IRAQIS WILL COME TO US AS PARTNERS. I WONDER HOW YOU SQUARE THAT CIRCLE AN LIT CHRI. DO YOU...
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| 01:07:58 |
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POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN IRAQ THAT STANDS TO THWART THE DMOK CRASS SAITION PROCESS. THE STRATEGY OF WAR I THINK WOULD BE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, YOU KNOW....
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| 01:09:40 |
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MILITARY IN PARTICULAR MADE IN ITS CONDUCT OF POST-WAR OCCUPATION AND HOW IT MIGHT LEARN FROM THAT, THE THINGS THE ARMY IN PARTICULAR AND LESSER EXTENT...
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| 01:10:32 |
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OF THE WAY WE TREAT DETAINEES. AND IT WAS NOT ONLY ABU GHRAIB WHERE THERE WERE PROBLEMS, HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE WERE SCANDALS...
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| 01:12:37 |
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IT'S A LOT MORE FUN TO FLY AIRPLANES AND DRIVE TANKS THAN IT IS TO DO CIVIL AFFAIRS WORK. I HOPE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN PAST THAT. WE HAVE BEEN INSTITUTIONALLY...
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| 01:13:50 |
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OUR FIRE
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| 01:13:51 |
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POWER EFFICIENTLY. >> IF I CAN ASK ONE OTHER POINT SUBSEQUENT TO SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID. YOU'RE BOTH WELL AWARE AND YOU MENTION HOW THE INCLINATION...
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| 01:14:14 |
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A POSSIBILITY THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN AFTER THIS CONFLICT? >> I THINK THAT'S AN INSTITUTIONAL DANGER. BUT THE REMARKABLE THING IS ACTUALLY...
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| 01:14:22 |
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THE GUYS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE TO
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| 01:14:23 |
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GO OUT AND DO THIS HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER A LEARNING SYSTEM THROUGH THE INTERNET AND SIMPLY BY SAYING GOD, I'M GOING OUT TO FALLUJAH OR RAMADI. I THINK...
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| 01:14:38 |
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SOMETHING ABOUT THIS KIND OF WARFARE AND BECAUSE OF THE -- IT'S GOING FASTER THAN THE ARMY'S DOCKET TRINAL SYSTEM CAN KEEP UP WITH AND THAT'S FINE....
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| 01:15:26 |
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DEMOCRACY ARE ON A LARGER SENSE AND
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| 01:15:29 |
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WHAT YOU THINK WE'RE MISSING IN IRAQ AND WHAT WE DO TO PUT THOSE IN
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| 01:15:32 |
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PLACE. >> LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING
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| 01:15:34 |
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TO IDENTIFY I'D PREFER TO USE THE FAVORABLE OR FACILITATING CONDITIONS RATHER THAN ABSOLUTE FIXED PRECONDITIONS. YOU WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE LEVEL...
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| 01:15:54 |
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THAT INFORMATION, THE DEGREE TO WHICH THERE IS A POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE COUNTRY THAT VALUES PARTICIPATION, TOLERANCE, COMPROMISE, NEGOTIATION, SOME...
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| 01:20:19 |
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THE VIOLENT OVERTHREW OF SADDAM HUSSEIN CAN LEAD TO A MORE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES OR WILL IT? >> I THINK THIS COULD WORK IN
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| 01:20:26 |
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EITHER DIRECTION. IF WE HAVE AND MOST OF ALL IF THE IRAQIS HAVE SUCCESS IN IRAQ IN BUILDING A DEMOCRACY, I'M QUITE CONVINCED THAT THIS WILL GIVE INSPIRATION...
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| 01:20:45 |
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OF POTENTIAL DEMONSTRATION AND DIFFUSION EFFECTS FOR ARAB DEMOCRATS ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION WHO ARE TRYING TO BUILD DEMOCRACY. I THINK WE ALREADY...
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| 01:25:08 |
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AMERICAN POWER. THAT SOMETIMES INCLUDES MILITARY
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| 01:25:11 |
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POWER. IT SOMETHING OF A CANARD THAT DEMOCRACY NEVER COMES OUT OF THE BARREL OF THE GUN, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE JAPANESE AND THE GERMANS...
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| 01:26:39 |
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FROM OUR INTERVENTION THERE AND I HAVE TO SAY, TOM, MAYBE -- WE MAY BE LOSING BATTLES, BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF WINNING THE WAR IS STILL VERY MUCH THERE....
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