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THE NEW HEADQUARTERS IN WE MISJUDGED THE COMMUTE. GOOD MORNING. AS YOU KNOW THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL WEDNESDAY THAT INCLUDES $70 BILLION...
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THE DEPARTMENT WELCOMES THIS STEP. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT REPRESENTS ONLY A PARTIAL SOLUTION. WE ARE STILL ANALYZING THE BILL SO WE DO NOT...
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| 00:04:37 |
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YEAR IN YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. >> IN SEPTEMBER YOU EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT TROOP LEVELS IN IRAQ COULD GET DOWN AROUND 100,000 BY THE END OF 2008. CAN YOU...
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YOU BOTH SEE AS THE TOP MILITARY CHALLENGES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WHERE THE INSURGENCIES ARE SHIFTING AND IN SOME CASES ARE SURGING? >> FIRST, THE...
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| 00:05:41 |
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THE GROUND MAKES IT LIKELY TAHT GENERAL PETRAEUS WILL BE WILL TO DECIDE AND BRING OUT THE FIRST FIVE BCTS BY JULY AS HE INDICATED. IN SEPTEMBER. THE...
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| 00:08:59 |
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TO BUILD IN THOSE PROVINCES. THAT IS A CHALLENGE IN THE COMING YEAR. >> CAN I FOLLOW ON THAT? ACROSS THE BORDER IN PAKISTAN, WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT...
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| 00:09:25 |
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IN PAKISTAN AND AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, WHAT CAN YOU TELL AMERICANS THAT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR ABOUT ANY...
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| 00:10:01 |
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ITS FACE TOWARDS PAKISTAN. AND ATTACKS ON THE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN THEIR COUNTERINSURGENCY EFFORT....
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| 00:11:32 |
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IS SETTING GOALS AND A VISION FOR THE MILITARY
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| 00:11:35 |
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AND ALREADY HIS LEADERSHIP IS STARTING TO AFFECT THEM. HAVING THE CAPABILITY AND THAT ADDED CAPACITY IN PAKISTAN HAS AN EFFECT IN AFGHANISTAN AS FAR...
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| 00:11:49 |
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CAN YOU UPDATE US ON THE PROGRESS ON CLOSING THE DETENTION CENTER AT A BOAT -- ?? >>
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| 00:12:10 |
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THE PRINCIPAL OBSTACLE HAS BEEN RESOLVING A LOT OF THE LEGAL ISSUES. ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSING GUANTANAMO AND WHAT YOU DO WITH THE PRISONERS WHEN THEY COME...
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| 00:12:33 |
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WEREHERE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. I WOULD SAY THAT THE HONEST ANSWER IS BECAUSE OF SOME...
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| 00:13:19 |
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THAT IS $505 BILLION RIGHT NOW? >> PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE -- IF YOU ADD IN THE COST OF THE WAR, THE PERCENTAGE OF GDP IS ABOUT 4% BEING SPENT ON...
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| 00:13:47 |
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YEAR ON WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF GDP DEVOTED TO DEFENSE AND SECURING THE NATION SHOULD BE. I GOT THE IMPRESSION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE THAT THERE...
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| 00:15:13 |
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THAT THERE WILL BE NO FURLOUGHS AND FURLOUGH NOTICES AT THIS TIME.
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| 00:15:19 |
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT SPRING WILL HAVE TO -- WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THERE WILL BE NO FURLOUGH NOTICES SENT OUT ON THE HOLIDAY SEASON. MERRY CHRISTMAS....
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| 00:15:55 |
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IS PLAYING A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN TRYING TO SEAL ITS BORDER FROM ARMS SHIPMENTS AND SO ON? >> NO. NOT YET. >> IRAN IS STILL PLAYING A DESTABILIZING...
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| 00:16:22 |
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A REDUCTION IN IED ATTACKS AND WHAT IS UNCERTAIN
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| 00:16:28 |
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IS THE DEGREE TO WHICH
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| 00:16:30 |
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THAT IS A RESULT OF SUCCESSFULLY FINDING CACHES, SUCCESSFULLY FINDING IEDS, BREAKING UP THE NETWORKS. THE CEASE-FIRE THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE, OR...
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| 00:17:19 |
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SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO CHINA SOME WEEKS AGO. AFTERWARDS, THEY CANCELED A VISIT OF THE KITTY HAWK AND DENIED SAFE HARBOR TO TWO SHIPS. HAVE YOU YET GONE...
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| 00:17:37 |
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MILITARY BUILDUP IN THESE ACTIONS, WHERE DO YOU PUT CHINA ON THE CONTINUUM OF FRIEND, ALLY, CHALLENGER, A COMPETITOR, EVEN ADVERSARY? >> I THINK THAT...
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| 00:18:11 |
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEY RAISED AT VARIOUS LEVELS OUR ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN. I WAS VERY EXPLICIT THAT OUR ARMS SALES WERE CONSISTENT...
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| 00:20:41 |
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IT VERY CLOSELY. THE UNITED STATES HAS SPOKEN OUT ON THIS QUITE CLEARLY. TO THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT KNOWS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN...
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| 00:20:58 |
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REFERENCE TO IT WHILE I WAS THERE. I THINK IT WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SPEAK OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY KNOW WE HAVE WEIGHED IN HEAVILY ON THIS MATTER. WITH...
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| 00:21:46 |
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DO NOT MISINTERPRET OR MISUNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S ACTIONS. THAT IS IMPORTANT. >> WE HAVE USED THE KITTY HAWK AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE DIRECT LINK AND...
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| 00:22:12 |
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ABOUT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE. HE SAID WHAT WAS STRIKING WAS WANT TO GET OUTSIDE THE GREEN ZONE, THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN A PRACTICAL SENSE DOES NOT...
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| 00:22:26 |
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FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ. THE U.S. MILITARY ON THE GROUND SERVES THAT PURPOSE IN ASSURING THAT THE LOCAL POPULATIONS GET THE KIND OF BASIC SERVICES THAT...
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| 00:23:33 |
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BURDEN OF SECURITY, THE EFFORTS AND CAPACITY OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND
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| 00:23:43 |
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THE ABILITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE WEIGHED BY AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND GENERAL PETRAEUS WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS...
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| 00:25:42 |
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THEY MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT THEY CAN GET IT DONE? >> THEY ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING IT DONE. WE WILL SEE IF THEY GET IT DONE. >>
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| 00:25:52 |
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I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT AL QAEDA IN IRAQ. IN TERMS OF INTELLIGENCE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM -- TELL US ABOUT THEIR COMPOSITION AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING...
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| 00:26:06 |
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TO CURB THE FLOW OF FIGHTERS INTO IRAQ? >>
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| 00:26:09 |
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ON THE CURBING OF THE FLOW,
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| 00:26:14 |
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WE'RE SEEING THAT THAT IS BEING REDUCED. WHAT THEY DO IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, WHETHER IT IS PROCLAMATIONS FROM THE CENTRAL...
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| 00:26:33 |
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FLOWS ARE BEING STEMMED. THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE SECURITY. WE SEE THAT TO THE WEST IN ANBAR. THE TRAFFIC THAT IS MOVING...
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| 00:27:33 |
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RETURNING REFUGEES AND NOT SO MUCH TO FIGHTERS MOVING BACK AND FORTH WHICH IS WHAT WE EXPERIENCED SIX MONTHS AGO. >> [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
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| 00:27:40 |
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I KNOW THE POSITION IS NOT TO LET THEM OFF THE HOOK AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS NEGOTIATION. CAN YOU GIVE US MORE READOUT OF WHAT YOUR SENSE...
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| 00:27:58 |
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FROM THERE AND WHERE IS YOUR HEAD IN TERMS OF SENDING U.S. FORCES BACK TO AFGHANISTAN? IT SEEMS LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE'S POLITICALLY RELUCTANT TO DO THAT...
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| 00:28:40 |
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CONTINUING TO PUBLICLY GO AFTER OUR ALLIES FOR THINGS, TO DO THINGS THAT POLITICALLY ARE JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM. IF PROBABLY NOT VERY PRODUCTIVE. AS...
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| 00:31:44 |
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THE 7500, BUT IT IS SPREAD ACROSS COMBAT FORCES, TRADERS, AND SO ON. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET OUR ALLIES WERE THOSE CAPABILITIES...
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| 00:32:16 |
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TRAVEL UNTIL FEBRUARY. I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. >>
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.