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I RECOMMENDED TO THE PRESIDENT THAT HE NOMINATE ADMIRAL JONATHAN GREEN EARTH TO BE THE NEXT CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. ADMIRAL GREEN ARD IS THE ADVICE...
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| 00:04:39 |
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THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS WITH RESPECT TO THE NOMINATION, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ADMIRAL JOHN GREENARD. I HAVE KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME, HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL...
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| 00:05:17 |
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SAYING THAT WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU KEPT TO YOUR PROMISE TO APPEAR REGULARLY IN THIS ROOM TO TAKE QUESTIONS OVER YOUR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS....
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| 00:05:29 |
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JOKING ABOUT THAT IN THE SITUATION ROOM YESTERDAY. SEVERAL OTHERS COMMENTING WE MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM. >> MR. SECRETARY, ON
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| 00:05:41 |
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THE U.S. PAKISTANI RELATIONSHIP WHICH SOME SAY HAS SUNK TO A LOW EBB, WONDERING IF YOU PREFER TO LEAVE OFFICE, WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS THE WAY...
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| 00:06:20 |
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WOULD SAY THAT THE LONG HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES PAKISTANI RELATIONSHIP HAD EB AND FLOWS. THEY SAID WE ABANDONED THEM ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS,...
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| 00:07:23 |
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THE NEAR FUTURE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP? >> WELL, JUST AS THE
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| 00:07:32 |
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EBBS HAVE COME IN SURPRISING WAYS, I SUPPOSE THE THINGS THAT CAUSE AN UP TICK ARE HARD TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE KEY IS TO KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION...
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| 00:07:57 |
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NOTHING CHANGED IN TERMS OF CRITICALITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP, ONE OF THE THINGS I WORKED SO HARD AND CERTAINLY I HAVE A STRONG PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP...
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| 00:09:49 |
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TOO, FOLLOWING UP YESTERDAY ON YOUR TESTIMONY AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY SOME OF THE SENATORS YESTERDAY, WHAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE THE...
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| 00:10:14 |
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WOULD SAY THAT OUR STRATEGY IS SUCCEEDING, AND PAKISTAN IS PLAYING A CONTRIBUTORY ROLE TO THAT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE 140,000 TROOPS...
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| 00:11:29 |
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THE LAST POINT, COUNTRY WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF TERRORISTS ON THAT BORDER, OBVIOUSLY THE LINK THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN CAMPAIGN, IF...
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| 00:12:17 |
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OF YOU YOUR REACTION TO THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO TOP POSITION IN AL QAEDA. >> I AM NOT SURE
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| 00:12:27 |
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IT IS A POSITION ANYBODY SHOULD ASPIRE TO, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I THINK HE WILL FACE SOME CHALLENGES. BIN LADEN HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF AL QAEDA...
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| 00:13:53 |
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SURPRISE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE HE MOVED INTO THAT POSITION. HE AND HIS ORGANIZATION STILL THREATEN US AS WE DID BOTH SEEK TO CAPTURE AND KILL AND SUCCEED...
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| 00:14:23 |
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LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS OR SOME DISPUTE WITHIN AL QAEDA OVER WHO SHOULD SUCCEED? >>
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| 00:14:28 |
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FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T TAKE IT EITHER WAY, I THINK IT IS JUST THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THAT'S HOW THEY MADE THE DECISION. >> PROBABLY...
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| 00:14:37 |
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VOTES WHEN YOU'RE IN A CAVE. >> IN THE
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| 00:14:41 |
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LAST COUPLE WEEKS THERE HAS BEEN GROWING SIGNS OF ANTI-WAR, ANTI-AFGHANISTAN SENTIMENT FROM BOTH PARTIES FROM VOTES IN CONGRESS, CONCERN ABOUT COSTS...
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| 00:15:13 |
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THE INTERESTING CHALLENGES ABOUT THIS JOB HAS BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WAGING TWO WARS, NEITHER OF WHICH I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH STARTING. CERTAINLY...
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| 00:18:30 |
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ASK ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SYRIA. DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE REGIME IS THE APPROPRIATE TOOL FOR WHAT THE REGIME IS DOING,...
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| 00:18:51 |
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I THINK WE HAVE CERTAIN OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES AND VALUES THAT APPLY EVERYWHERE. BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE THE SITUATION IN EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY ONE...
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| 00:19:48 |
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IN THE ROOM A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE ASKED THE SHORTEST QUESTION EVER ASKED AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT IRAQ, WHETHER AT THAT POINT IN YOUR...
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| 00:20:08 |
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ONE THING -- I HAVE LEARNED A FEW THINGS IN FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, AND ONE OF THEM IS TO TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM LOADED WORDS LIKE WINNING AND LOSING....
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| 00:21:02 |
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IN WHO HAVE FROM OKLAHOMA MENTIONED CONCERN AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT ABOUT 800 MEMBERS OF TWO UNITS AS PART OF THE...
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| 00:21:35 |
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FROM GENERAL PETRAEUS AND MAD US WITH RESPECT TO ARRIVAL TIME, WHICH WAS BEYOND FIRST OF JULY, AND THEY WERE IN FINAL TRAINING HEADED TO AFGHANISTAN,...
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| 00:23:03 |
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DRAW DOWN HASN'T STARTED, BUT 800 TROOPS WITH THE DRAW DOWN IN MIND ARE BEING DIVERTED. >> I THINK IT
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| 00:23:10 |
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IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT WE WILL BEGIN DRAWING DOWN OUR FORCES BASED ON -- IN JULY OF 2011, BASED ON CONDITIONS ON THE...
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| 00:24:03 |
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A LOT OF TIME YESTERDAY EXPLAINING THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO ASSESS THE $400 BILLION GOAL. SINCE THAT GOAL WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE PRESIDENT,...
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| 00:24:35 |
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IS A MINOR CUT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T START THIS YESTERDAY. THE DECISIONS WE TOOK TO CAP OR CUT 30 SOME PROGRAMS...
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| 00:27:23 |
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TO YEMEN. IF BOTH OF YOU WILL TALK ABOUT HOW DISRUPTIVE THE VIOLENCE THERE HAS BEEN TO OUR EFFORTS OF COUNTER TERRORISM. I BELIEVE THERE IS NO LONGER...
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| 00:27:54 |
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A FOCUS SEVERAL YEARS IN GREAT PART BECAUSE OF THE AL QAEDA BRANCH THAT'S THERE. IT IS A DEADLY NO. AL-AWLAKI LEADS THAT GROUP, A THREAT TO HOME LAND...
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| 00:29:35 |
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AND PAKISTAN, ON YEMEN, CAN THE UNITED STATES DISBURSE AID TO YEMEN CONSIDERING EVERYTHING GOING ON. AND ON PAKISTAN, HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED ANY WARNING...
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| 00:30:01 |
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NO WARNING WHATSOEVER SPECIFICALLY TO PAKISTAN. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY, VISIT THERE WITH SECRETARY CLINTON, VERY FRANK, OPEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT...
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| 00:30:24 |
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COULD PHYSICALLY DO IT. >> THERE IS A --
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| 00:30:34 |
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OBVIOUSLY AN AID PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN I WOULD SAY INTERRUPTED BY THE CURRENT CHAOS IN THAT COUNTRY AND IT WOULD BE WE'LL GET ON THE DOWN SIDE OF...
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| 00:31:04 |
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MUCH. SIT TIGHT, KILL THE CAMERAS, HE WILL COME BACK OUT IN A MOMENT AND SAY GOOD-BYE.
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.