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GOOD AUDIO. LET ME CHECK OUR AUDIO WITH GENERAL DEMPSEY. CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I THINK MOST OF
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YOU KNOW WHO OUR BRIEFER IS HERE. IT'S LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY. HE'S SPOKEN TO US SIX MONTHS AGO AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN SIX MONTHS. SO...
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| 00:01:23 |
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FORCES THROUGH ACHIEVING AN OBJECTIVE OF 325,000, AND THIS MONTH WE WILL REACH THAT OBJECTIVE. 2007 WILL BE A YEAR IN WHICH WE HELP OUR IRAQI COUNTERPARTS...
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INTERIOR AND TO THE EXTENT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY SOME OCCASIONS WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED. BUT DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW COMPROMISED...
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PROBABLY PHRASED, MILITIA INFLUENCE. THERE'S A PASSIVE INFLUENCE THAT'S AT WORK OUT THERE, AND THEN THERE'S AN ACTIVE INFLUENCE. AND THE PASSIVE INFLUENCE...
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| 00:08:37 |
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OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, AND THEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC CASES WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY EITHER CAUGHT INDIVIDUALS IN THE ACT, OR GROUPS IN THE ACT. AND...
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| 00:08:47 |
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OF THOSE INSTANCES IS RATHER LOW. NOW, EXCEPT FOR ONE PARTICULAR GROUP, AND THAT'S THE NATIONAL POLICE. WE BELIEVE THAT AND I'VE SAID IN PREVIOUS...
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| 00:10:50 |
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THE CASE. IN FACT, I THINK THE PROGRESS YOU'LL SEE AMONG THE LEGITIMATE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES HERE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WILL BE DRAMATIC. AND THAT'S...
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TO DECEMBER OF 2006 AND LOOKED BACKWARDS AND SAID WHERE HAVE WE LEFT SOME GAPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SECURITY FORCES. AND THEN WE SET ABOUT...
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| 00:14:07 |
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BE? >> WELL, WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DISCUSSION INTERNALLY HERE IN IRAQ AND ALSO, AS YOU SAID, WE'VE HAD -- WE DID OUR OWN IN-STRIDE ASSESSMENT,...
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| 00:14:29 |
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ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT IN GENERAL, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY, BECAUSE -- AND REMEMBER NOW, I'M THE ONLY GUY IN IRAQ WITH A T IN...
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| 00:16:12 |
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NEW WILL THEY BE DOING? >> WELL, AGAIN, JIM, WE'RE DEVELOPING THE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT MY INPUT TO THE PROCESS IS THAT THE SOONER...
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| 00:16:36 |
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TO BE TIMES THAT THEY DO WELL AND THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES THAT THEY DO NOT DO WELL, AND WE'RE STILL HERE TO ASSIST THEM IN FINDING THEIR WAY FORWARD....
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| 00:18:54 |
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THE SIZE OF TRANSITION TEAMS. WE THINK THAT INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE TRANSITION TEAM POTENTIALLY LOWERS THE VULNERABILITY, EVEN THOUGH THE PARTNERSHIP...
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| 00:19:06 |
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BUT THAT IS PART OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM AND PART OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE THAT WE ESTABLISH GOING IN. BUT I WILL SAY ONE THING. I'VE BEEN HERE...
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| 00:20:40 |
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MIKE GENERAL MCCAFFREY WHO WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE THE OTHER DAY HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS FOR SOMETIME. WHAT'S THE CHALLENGE THERE? >> WE ARE IN THE...
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| 00:21:01 |
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THAT, I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS WE WOULD BUILD A FORCE FOR THEM CAPABLE OF PROVIDING INTERNAL SECURITY AGAINST
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| 00:21:09 |
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A COUNTERINSURGENT AND TERRORIST THREAT. AND FOR THAT PURPOSE THIS FORCE IS AND WILL INCREASINGLY BE EVEN BETTER ARMED, AS I MENTIONED. NOW, THEY'VE...
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| 00:23:30 |
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IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE IN THAT -- AND THAT DIRECTOR THAT DOES ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS, AND
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| 00:23:38 |
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THEY WILL BEGIN TO MODERNIZE, AGAIN, IN OUR TERMS, IN ABOUT 2008.
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| 00:23:44 |
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BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE LONG LEAD TIMES. WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BRIDGE AN AIR TRACK CONTROL SYSTEM. WE DO ALL THE AIR TRACK...
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| 00:24:47 |
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BRIGADES AND AS A CONSEQUENCE THERE ARE MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS INVOLVED THAN THERE ARE IRAQI SOLDIERS. WHY HAS IT PROVED SO DIFFICULT TO GET THESE...
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| 00:25:34 |
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TWO BATTALIONS. WHY WON'T THE REST OF THE FORCES COME AND WHEN ARE THEY COMING? >> YEAH, OK. LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION BY TALKING IN TERMS OF DEEMPLOYABILITY....
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| 00:25:49 |
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STATES ARMY
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| 00:25:50 |
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HAS THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY. IF SOMEBODY TELLS THEM TO LEAVE BAGHDAD AND GO TO ANOTHER
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| 00:25:59 |
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PROVINCE TOMORROW, WE COULD PROBABLY GET IT DONE IN ABOUT 15 DAYS. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SECOND NATURE TO THE IRAQI ARMY, EVEN BEFORE...
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| 00:29:25 |
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US. >> I DO HAVE A CLOSING STATEMENTS. AND THAT IS THAT THE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN SERVING HERE IN IRAQ ARE TRULY OUR BEST WEAPON AGAINST THE MISTRUST,...
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| 00:29:49 |
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THEIR FAMILIES, SOME OF WHOM I HOPE ARE LISTENING IN, WHO ARE EQUALLY SACK FIESING ON THE HOMEFRONT. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL....
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| 00:30:20 |
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AT C-SPAN'S CAPITAL NEWS, OUR POLL OF THE DAY ASKS DO YOU THINK THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IS BEING ACCURATELY PORTRAYED BY THE MEDIA? LOG ON
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.