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I'M PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIRST BRIEFING HAS A FATHER OF NEWBORN TWINS, SO IF I DO OFF THE PODIUM, PLEASE...
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| 00:00:29 |
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DEPARTMENT CONGRATULATES THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES ON THE SUCCESSFUL RESCUE OF JOURNALIST RICHARD BUTLER YESTERDAY, THE VETERAN CAMERAMAN KIDNAPPED...
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| 00:01:42 |
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ON ANY PRELIMINARY RESPONSES? >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN A MATTER OF LESS THAN TWO HOURS, THE SECRETARY WILL MEET WITH ADMIRAL DONALD. HE HAS AS YOU...
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| 00:02:06 |
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YOU KNOW WAS OUTLINED IN THE ORIGINAL TASKING LETTER THAT SECRETARY PUT OUT IN THE WAKE OF THIS INCIDENT IN WHICH HE GAVE ADMIRAL DONALD 60 DAYS TO...
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| 00:03:07 |
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NOW YOU HAVE 163,000 TROOPS. >> ACTUALLY, KRISTEN I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IN TERMS OF THE DAILY NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF SADDAM'S FORCES...
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| 00:03:32 |
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DRAWING DOWN THE SURGE BRIGADE I CAN OFFER THEM TO YOU BUT THEY WON'T BE AS EDUCATED AS THE ANSWERS YOU GET FROM MNF-I. >> THESE ARE TRANSITIONAL ISSUES,...
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| 00:04:03 |
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IN TALKING TO THE MNF-I, THE 17TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE COUNTRY BUT HAS NOT COMPLETELY DONE SO YET. SO THAT COULD ACCOUNT...
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| 00:04:13 |
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SOME OF THOSE INCREASED NUMBERS, BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT WE MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL LEFT SEAT RIGHT SEAT IN WHICH YOU HAVE RETURNING UNITS...
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| 00:06:05 |
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THINK THAT HE WAS TRYING TO NOTE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HOW THE URGENCY WITH WHICH HE SPOKE OF THE SITUATION WITH IRAN AND THE MEDDLING IN IRAQ AND...
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| 00:06:23 |
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VIEWS THE MALIGN INFLUENCE OF IRAN AND IRAQ. WE ALL TAKE EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUSLY AND ARE DETERMINED TO STOP IT. AS YOU HEARD HIM SAY LAST WEEK, ONE...
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| 00:07:59 |
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CLEARLY PROVIDED BY THE IRANIANS AND LORD
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| 00:08:05 |
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KNOWS THAT THE ROCKETS AND MISSILES THAT HAVE BEEN FALLING UPON THE GREEN ZONE, ATTACKING AND KILLING NOT JUST U.S. PERSONNEL BUT IRAQI IS AND I SHOULD...
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| 00:08:57 |
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DETERMINED TO GET A VISION STATEMENT OUT OF THE BUCHAREST SUMMIT IN THE NATO SUMMIT IN BOGOR BUCHAREST, HE WAS RECALLED IS ENGAGED IN IRAQ NEED TO...
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| 00:09:14 |
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AS A MUCH LONGER TERM THAN WE HAVE. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, EVEN AFTER THAT, THIS IS A 3 TO 5 YEAR MISSION ME TO BE FOCUSED ON....
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| 00:10:14 |
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DEADLY AND WE MOURN THE LOSS, THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WERE SUFFERING. BUT WE WOULD NOT VIEW THIS AS A SIGN THE SITUATION...
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| 00:10:25 |
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THE STATISTICS, EVERYTHING THAT WE MONITOR IN TERMS OF VIOLENCE, CIVILIAN DEATH, SECRETARY AND KILLINGS CALL OF THE TREND LINES ARE PUTTING DOWN. THEY...
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| 00:11:25 |
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POINT DO YOU SAY, MAYBE THINGS ARE STARTING TO AT LEAST NOT MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN IRAQ? >> I THINK THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING...
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| 00:11:54 |
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TO GENERAL PETRAEUS SPEAK BEFORE CONGRESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND HAVE LISTENED TO HIM SPEAK TO THE SECRETARY IS THAT HE AT THIS POINT DOES NOT SEE...
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| 00:13:05 |
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MATTERS OF SOUTH KOREAN U.S. RELATIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY UPDATE ON OPERATION CONTROL BEING CHANGED AT THIS POINT. BUT PERHAPS...
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| 00:13:18 |
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ABOUT IT AFTER THIS AND GET BACK TO YOU. BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED. I BELIEVE THE SECRETARY IS GOING TO MEET WITH...
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| 00:14:05 |
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SYSTEM, NOT LITERALLY UNDERGROUND, BUT A
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| 00:14:07 |
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SMUGGLING SYSTEM IN WHICH THE IRANIANS ARE PROVIDING ALLIES WITHIN IRAQ THE SPECIAL GROUPS WITH AMMUNITIONS THAT ARE THEN USED TO TAKE US ON
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| 00:14:17 |
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WHETHER IT BE EFP IS OR ROCKETS OR CONVENTIONAL ARMS. THESE ARE BEING USED BY A SPECIAL GROUPS AND BEING PROVIDED BY THE IRANIANS AS HOW EXACTLY DID...
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| 00:15:09 |
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THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, I THINK IT'S LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO. LT. GENERAL DEMPSEY WHO HAS
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| 00:15:17 |
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BEEN HIS DEPUTY FOR NEARLY
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| 00:15:18 |
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A YEAR NOW STEPPED IN AND HE CLEARLY KNOWS CENTCOM WELL AND KNOWS THE ISSUE
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| 00:15:24 |
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AND PERSONNEL HE HAS TO WORK WITH, AND I HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH HIM SINCE THEN. HE SEEMS TO BE MORE THAN UP TO THE JOB. I KNOW HE HAS...
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| 00:16:34 |
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I THINK
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| 00:16:35 |
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YOU'LL LIKELY SEE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESIDENT PERHAPS EVEN NOMINATION BEFORE THEN BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMEONE IN THE POST I THINK THAT IS...
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| 00:16:49 |
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| 00:16:51 |
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I WANT IT TO THE PRI'S PRECISE PROCESS, I CAN JUST TELL YOUNCE I THINK I DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE HAD HIS FIRST MEETING ABOUT THIS. I THINK I LAST...
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| 00:17:08 |
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WERE SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS. >> IS GENERAL PETRAEUS CONSIDERED A CANDIDATE? >> I AM NOT GOING TO
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| 00:17:14 |
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GET INTO WHO. I WILL SEE YOU AFTERWARDS, JOHN. ALL RIGHT? >> ANY UPDATES ON THE MISSILE DEFENSE? >> I THINK WE HAD AN UPDATE WHEN THEY WERE IN BUCHAREST...
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| 00:17:31 |
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I THINK YOU'RE ON THAT TRIP, WEREN'T YOU, FRED? THE DEAL HAD BEEN REACHED WITH
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| 00:17:36 |
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THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ON THE RADAR, AND WE -- THAT
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| 00:17:44 |
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HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY CONSUMMATED YET
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| 00:17:46 |
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BUT WE EXPECT THAT TO BE SHORT THE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POLLS CONTINUE. WE ARE ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC, THIS IS IN NEGOTIATION THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME,...
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| 00:18:31 |
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FEW CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN. SO HE HAS NOT SHOWN A LACK OF WILLINGNESS TO MEET WITH JAPANESE MINISTERS OF DEFENSE. BUT IT'S NEWS TO ME OF
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| 00:18:40 |
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SOMETHING WAS CANCELED. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS CANCELED ON DISSENT. BUT IT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT. I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN. SORRY ABOUT...
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| 00:19:14 |
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OBVIOUS, JIM, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE EXACT CRITERIA THE SECRETARY HAS ARTICULATED AS WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR, AND I DON'T KNOW FRANKLY THAT...
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| 00:19:34 |
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OF THE MIDDLE EAST, A STRATEGIC THINKER, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU WOULD WANT. PERHAPS A PRINCETON PHD. C'MON. LISTEN, WE CAN GO FISHING...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.