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Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE NATION, AND TO THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN AND MARINES AT HOME AND IN...
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| 00:18:52 |
McCain, John S. III - U.S. Senator, [R] Arizona
AN UNPOLL PEW LAR WAR -- UNPOLL -- UNPOPULAR WAR AND CRITICS WERE ABOUNDING. YOUR TENURE MARKED BY A VICTORY IN IRAQ, A NEW STRATEGY TO DEFEAT ENEMIES...
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| 00:25:41 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
HIS COMMENTS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR TEN YEAR HERE AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. IT'S BEEN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF YEARS. YOU HAVE BROUGHT GREAT CAPABILITY, OBJECTIVITY,...
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| 00:27:56 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012. FIRST, I THANK THE MEMBERS...
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| 00:39:41 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
VERY MUCH, MR. SECRETARY. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, SENATOR McCAIN, AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
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| 00:39:49 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
I'M HONORED TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S DEFENSE BUDGET. BEFORE I DO, HOWEVER, LET ME ECHO SECRETARY GATES COMMENTS ABOUT THE REAL...
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| 00:49:39 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
FOR YOUR ELOQUENT STATEMENT IN YOUR GREAT SERVICE YU-GI-OH. [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE A SEVEN MINUTE FIRST-ROUND. SECRETARY, YOU INDICATED WE ARE ON TRACK...
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| 00:50:33 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
YES, SIR. >> CAN YOU TELL US WHY? >> FRANKLY, THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE AFGHAN STRATEGY GOING FORWARD FOR ME TO COME TO SUPPORT. I STEADFASTLY,...
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| 00:53:31 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
DIFFERENT VIEW? >> NO, I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT IT'S A TOUGH PART OF THE WHOLE DECISION PROCESS, CERTAINLY NOT THE SIGNAL THAT WE AREN'T SEEN AS ONE...
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| 00:56:24 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
BEEN CONSIDERED? >> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE ALL RECOGNIZED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT BEING ABLE TO TURN SECURITY OVER TO AFGHAN FORCES TO...
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| 00:58:11 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
WAS T..FROM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 352,000 TO 378,000. THAT THE RANGE. I CERTAINLY SHARE THE EARNED SECRETARY IS SPOKEN OF IN TERMS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY...
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| 01:00:02 |
McCain, John S. III - U.S. Senator, [R] Arizona
TO THE PRESIDENT THE DATE OF JULY 2011 AT THE DATE TO BEGIN WITHDRAWAL? >> NO, SIR, I DIDN'T. >> TO CHEW, ADMIRAL MULLEN? >> NO, I DID NOT. >> ON THE...
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| 01:01:26 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
THE YEAR? >> THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE IRAQIS ABOUT THIS. OUR CONCERN, AS I INDICATED YESTERDAY'S PRINT THE PLEA IN ...
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| 01:06:29 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
MORE OPTIMISTIC. THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THEM. BUT ON THE POLITICAL SIDE, THE ECONOMIC SIDE, AT LEAST FROM MY DAYS, IT LOOKS WORSE THAN IT HAS IN A...
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| 01:07:45 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
I WENT BACK AND HAD BEEN TOLD THAT I HAD TO KEEP MY HANDS OFF OF IT BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, BUT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NARROW AND AREA TO...
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| 01:08:30 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY. I BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS A BUDGET THAT RECOGNIZES THE KINDS OF ECONOMIC STRESS...
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| 01:12:29 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
COMMENTS. FIRST, I HAD A NATO DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING LAST DECEMBER, AND IT WAS REALLY QUITE EXTRAORDINARY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN...
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| 01:18:23 |
Inhofe, James M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
HEAR THAT STATEMENT SECRETARY GATES WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE 17 TO 50,000. SOMEHOW I MISSED THAT BUT MORE WILL BE COMING TO THE TABLE. SENATOR HAGAN AND...
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| 01:19:31 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
SAY WHAT GENERAL CALDWELL HAS DONE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS MERELY A MIRACLE. AND IT IS NOT JUST THE NUMBERS. THEY HAVE TAKEN...
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| 01:20:35 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
NOW. THAT NUMBER WAS MINIMAL A YEAR TO TWO YEARS AGO. I MEAN LITERALLY IN THE HUNDREDS BECAUSE ALL YOU DID IS HE RECRUITED AND YOU PUT A SOLDIER OR...
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| 01:24:09 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
THEM -- THEY MAY HAVE FLIGHT TESTED IT HALF A YEAR OR YEAR OR SO BEFORE OUR INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATED THEY WOULD, BUT THE TRUTH IS IT WILL BE QUITE A WHILE...
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| 01:26:06 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
TO MOVE THOSE AIRCRAFT, THOSE ARE STILL OPAL AIRCRAFT. I ACTUALLY THINK. >> THOSE ARE THE MARINE VERSION? >> THAT EXIT PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION TO...
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| 01:27:07 |
Nelson, Ben - U.S. Senator, [D] Nebraska
SECRETARY GATES, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE NEED FOR A NEW U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION. IT HAS BEEN A PARENT...
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| 01:28:26 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
AND I WERE THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FOR THE CHANGE OF COMMAND AT STRATCOM AND THE BUILDING LOOKS A LOT LIKE IT DID WHEN I WALKED IN AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT...
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| 01:35:57 |
Ayotte, Kelly A. - U.S. Senator, [R] New Hampshire
BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. BEFORE I ASK ANY QUESTIONS I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE OUR GOVERNMENT IS MOST...
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| 01:37:59 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
THAT IS ABOUT THE RIGHT FIGURE AND BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT I HAVE. AND, WE HAVE -- I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY SELECTIVE IN TERMS...
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| 01:44:45 |
Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
AND A LOW HAAS SECRETARY GATES AND ADMIRAL MULLEN AND SECRETARY AYOTTE. I WANT TO THANK YOU 04 YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. SECRETARY GATES, IF THIS...
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| 01:46:20 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
US GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE WERE A FEW YEARS AGO BUT WE ALSO HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF...
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| 01:49:16 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
HAVE MADE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OR SO, WE HAVE MOVED VIRTUALLY -- WE USED TO PAY FOR MOST OF THESE FAMILY PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE WHO ARE DEPLOYED...
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| 01:52:17 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
HAVE OPENED YOUR TESTIMONY, HIGHLIGHTING THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF A YEAR-LONG CR ON THE DEPARTMENT. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE IMPACTS AND SENATOR...
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| 01:55:28 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
SENATOR COLLINS. EACH ONE OF THEM IS A TRAGEDY AND TO GO TO THE OVERALL STRUCTURE WHEN I GO BACK 12 MONTHS OR 15 MONTHS WITH GENERAL MCCULLOUGH, WHAT...
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| 01:59:27 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
MY REQUEST THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY HAS UNDERTAKEN AN INVESTIGATION TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFICALLY, AND THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT I HAVE IS THAT HE...
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| 02:00:44 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
BE NOWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE IN THESE WARS WITHOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE AND THEY DESERVE EVERY BIT THE ATTENTION...
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| 02:01:32 |
Reed, John "Jack" F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Rhode Island
SERVICE MR. SECRETARY THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE IN DIFFICULT TIMES IN MAKING DIFFICULT JUDGMENTS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WE CONTINUE TO...
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| 02:03:22 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
THAT FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE BEEN IN THIS JOB, I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR MORE MONEY FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ACTUALLY THIS STATE BACK IN MY...
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| 02:06:17 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
IN PLACES AROUND THE WORLD THAT PREVENT CONFLICTS. THE MILITARY DOES THIS. WE HAVE TO DO IT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT. OTHERWISE WE...
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| 02:06:44 |
Hale, Robert F. - Comptroller
ENACT BACK AND ISOLATE THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COOPERATION SO I HOPE THAT IS FAVORABLY RECEIVED. >> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
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| 02:06:53 |
Reed, John "Jack" F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Rhode Island
POINT MR. SECRETARY. WITH AFGHANISTAN TO MACKEY MENTIONED CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR. WE LEARNED A VERY EXPENSIVE LESSON ABOUT NOT SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS...
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| 02:07:35 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
TERRORISM AND WHILE AL QAEDA HAS METASTASIZED AND HAS BRANCHES IN YEMEN AND NORTH AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE, THE REALITY IS THAT BORDER AREA WITH AFGHANISTAN...
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| 02:09:39 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET FOR THE CONTINUING COST OF AN AFGHAN ARMY SOME -- FROM SOME OF OUR NATO ALLIES. IT WOULD BE VERY VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. SENATOR GRAHAM....
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| 02:10:01 |
Graham, Lindsey - U.S. Senator, [R] South Carolina
JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COUNTRY AND ADMIRAL MULLEN. I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION HERE....
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| 02:10:56 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
AND NO ACCOUNT IS A BUG'S SCRUTINY, BUT THE $5 BILLION THAT ARE FLOWING TO PAKISTAN, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, THE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY...
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| 02:12:51 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
ALLOWED HIS 3.7% OF GDP. IF YOU TAKE ON THE WAR FUNDING FOR FY 11 PLUS THE BASE BUDGET, IT'S ABOUT 4.9% OF GDP. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER FACT THAT IS WORTH...
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| 02:17:39 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT. AND THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT DISCUSSION TO ASK BECAUSE IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THIS STARTED. >> I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO...
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| 02:18:54 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
ABSOLUTELY, SENATOR. I THINK TO GO TO ADMIRAL MULLEN'S COMMENTS ABOUT PAKISTAN A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THERE IS A BIG QUESTION THE WHOLE REGION WHETHER...
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| 02:20:22 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
GOING TO TRY TO WORK AROUND THAT VOTE AND TO WORK THROUGH THAT BOAT. I'M GOING TO TURN THE GAVEL OVER NOW TO SENATOR UDALL BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR...
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| 02:20:45 |
Hagan, Kay R - U.S. Senator, [D] North Carolina
TO PRESIDE ON THE SENATE FLOOR ADMIN. BUT I TOO WANT TO SAY TO ALL THREE OF THE INDIVIDUALS HERE COME THE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR...
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| 02:22:10 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
SECRETARY GATES? >> I THINK ACTUALLY THE FORCES EXPANDED FROM WENDY'S WERE STARTED AROUND 30,000 UNDERWAY TO UPWARDS OF 56,000. THERE ARE INSATIABLE...
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| 02:24:09 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
OF ACTIVITY, ANOTHER ONE OF THE AIMS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS MOVE A LOT OF THOUGH, ANY, THE SPECIAL FORCES MONEY INTO THE BASE BUDGET SO THAT WAS THE...
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| 02:27:27 |
Chambliss, Clarence "Saxby" - U.S. Senator, [R] Georgia
CHAIRMAN. I DON'T KNOW ALTHOUGH THIS CONVERSATION IS ABOUT SAME GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING. WERE PLANNING ON YOU BOTH BEING AROUND...
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| 02:33:53 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
AIRSPACE? >> WELFARE, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY ABOUT THE HAVE 35 THAT THE NEW PROGRAM MANAGER LEFT, PROBABLY THE BEST ACQUISITION PERSON WE HAVE IN UNIFORM...
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| 02:37:26 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
THE RECORD. THE MAC WELL, I TRIED TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE AND THAT COUNTRY AND DOING THAT, BUT IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, IT FOCUSES ON BUT I WOULD LEAVE...
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| 02:38:57 |
Blumenthal, Richard - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
THE SINGLE ENGINE IN THE SUB BUILDING PROGRAM, WHICH I KNOW WAS REITERATED AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY REMARKS IN FLORIDA. SO I ASSUME THAT WILL CONTINUE...
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| 02:39:58 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
RESOURCES. >> ONE OF THE AREAS WE'VE STRUGGLING THROUGHOUT THE WORDS HIS STATEMENT ISSUE. MY MOST RECENT TRIP INTO AFGHANISTAN, WHICH WAS DECEMBER, I...
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| 02:44:42 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
MAN'S SERVICE MEMBERS.TILING PRESCRIPTIONS. AND THE SECOND IS THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH SERVICE MEMBERS WILL GO OUTSIDE THE MILITARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM...
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| 02:45:34 |
Shaheen, Jeanne - U.S. Senator, [D] New Hampshire
LIGHTS ON. [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS THAT BETTER? ALL RIGHT. I WON'T TOUCH IT. I'M NEW HERE, YOU KNOW? WHAT DO I KNOW. I WANT TO ADD MY CONCERN...
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| 02:48:00 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
TO FOCUS ON SECRETARY GATES BECAUSE HE SPOKE EARLIER HIS FRUSTRATION THAT YOU'RE A LEADER OF ONE OF THESE BUREAUCRACIES, THE THINGS THAT IF YOU REALLY...
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| 02:49:53 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
IS $1.1 BILLION FOR TBI AND PTSD RESEARCH. >> THANK YOU. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT DEFENSE INDUSTRY THAT IS DOING A LOT OF CUTTING-EDGE...
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| 02:51:47 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
WAY YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO IT, I'M IMMEDIATELY REMINDED OF THE NEED TO BUILD RESILIENCE OF OUR PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, LITERALLY FROM THE FIRST DAY THEY CAME...
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| 02:52:56 |
McCaskill, Claire - U.S. Senator, [D] Missouri
IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU IS ALWAYS FOR BEING HERE. WANT TO SAY SECRETARY GATES AND THE PRESIDENT HAS A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE ISSUE. ONE OF...
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| 02:55:03 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
NEEDED. >> WELL, SENATOR, IT IS A PROBLEM AND IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ANY KIND OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AS DO ANY OF THE LEADERS....
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| 02:59:07 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
NEEDED TO BE DONE. IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT ALL THE SERVICES. I TESTIFY WITH MY ADVICE CHEESE. AND SO, I THINK WHAT THE SECRETARY -- I AGREE WITH WHAT...
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| 03:03:09 |
Udall, Mark - U.S. Senator, [D] Colorado
THERE. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR McCASKILL. I THINK WE WOULD BOTH AGREE, MR. SECRETARY, YOU COULD TAKE THOSE OFF THE DESK IF YOU WOULD REENLIST FOR A...
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| 03:04:21 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
PART OF YOUR QUESTION FIRST. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT DOESN'T FIT ANYPLACE. I THINK IT'S AN HONEST ANSWER TO SAY THAT WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE PROTECTION...
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| 03:06:53 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
HAS TRULY BEEN EXTRAORDINARY IN BOTH COUNTRIES. AND UNDER INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE COUNTRIES, ALTHOUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES BACK HERE MAY...
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| 03:07:40 |
Gates, Robert "Bob" M. - Secretary
OF BRINKLEY'S TEAM, INCLUDING BRINKLEY HAVE BEEN WOUNDED IN ATTACKS, SO THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY OUT THERE IN THE FRONTLINE TRYING TO WORK THESE PROBLEMS....
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| 03:12:15 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
CLOSE IT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU FOLKS ARE RUNNING LATE ON YOUR SCHEDULE AND THAT IS TOWARD THE SIZE OF THE AFGHAN ARMY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS...
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| 03:16:00 |
Mullen, Michael G. - Chair
TO LISTEN FOR 35 NEVER SEEN THEM MORE TOGETHER THAN THEY HAVE BECOME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THIS MISSION, AND YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT...
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