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BERGER FROM HELMAND PROVINCE IN AFGHANISTAN.
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Casey, Libby - Host
THERE IS A BED OF A DELAY IF YOU CALL IN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, SIR. WHAT IS YOUR JOB? GUEST: I AM HERE IN HELMUND AND MY JOB IS TO COMMAND MARINE...
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Berger, David - Major General
THERE ARE ALSO SOME GEORGIAN AND AS PART OF THAT AND COALITION FORCES. MY ROLE IS TO COMMAND THE GAP -- GROUND FORCES. HOST: WE SEE A BIG STORY IN THE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
OF STATE. WHAT WILL THIS MEAN ON THE GROUND? GUEST: PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING THIS SUMMER IS DRAWING DOWN THE FORCES AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
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Berger, David - Major General
AS MANY AVENUES WE CAN OPEN UP TO GET CURRENT AND SUPPLIES BACK OUT OF AFGHANISTAN AND BRING IN EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES NEEDED IS GOOD FOR US. HOST:...
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Casey, Libby - Host
TELL US ABOUT THE ROLE THE MARINES ARE PLAYING IN THE HELMUND PROVINCE. GUEST: THIS SUMMER, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGE. WE ARE SHIFTING FROM A ROLE WHERE...
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Berger, David - Major General
FORCES, THEIR ARMY, TO A ROLE WHERE WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM. THAT MEANS THE ARMY AND THE POLICE HAVE DEVELOPED TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THE LEAD...
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Casey, Libby - Host
GUEST: I WOULD TELL YOU KNOW TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME FOR THE MARINES. EACH DAY, OUR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE THE SECURITY
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Berger, David - Major General
FOR THE PEOPLE WITH THE SECURITY FORCES OF OF DENNIS STAND. PATROLLING, TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AND LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS, WHERE THERE ARE INSURGENTS...
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Casey, Libby - Host
GUEST: HISTORICALLY, IN WINTERTIME, THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF THE TALIBAN LEAVES AFGHANISTAN FOR THE MOST PART
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Berger, David - Major General
AND GOES BACK TO WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE. IN THE SPRINGTIME AND SUMMERTIME, THEY COME BACK INTO AFGHANISTAN AND TRY TO INFLUENCE THE PEOPLE AND TRY TO REGAIN...
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Casey, Libby - Host
HEAR FROM AN INDEPENDENT CALLER FROM TEXAS. CO-HEAD AND MAKE YOUR ANSWER IS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE GOT A TOUGH CONNECTION. CALLER: I WANT TO THANK...
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HEAR, GENERAL? WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE FOURTH OF JULY? GUEST: I WISH
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Casey, Libby - Host
THIS MICROPHONE WERE IN THE ERA OF EVER MARINE WORKING HARD TODAY. IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO HEAR THAT
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Berger, David - Major General
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ARE BEHIND THEM. THEY JUST WORRY ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. EVERY MARINE OVEREAGER KNOWS THAT TODAY...
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Casey, Libby - Host
GUEST: THIS SUMMER, WE'RE EXECUTING THAT PORTION OF THE DRAWDOWN THAT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTS. THE EQUIPMENT AND THE
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Berger, David - Major General
PEOPLE THAT HE PUT INTO THIS PEOPLE SOME TIME AGO AS THE SURGE IS COMING OUT AND AFTER THIS FALL AND SUMMER, WE WILL DRAW DOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
I AM
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CONCERNED AND I WANTED TO ASK HIM -- HOW DOES HE FEEL ABOUT THE APOLOGY THE SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON AND OUR GOVERNMENT JUST HAD WITH PAKISTAN? HOW...
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Casey, Libby - Host
WASHINGTON POST"EXPO LENS -- -- EXPLAINS THE -- MISTAKES WERE MADE ON BOTH SIDES. GUEST: THANKS FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL HERE IN...
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Berger, David - Major General
THERE ARE PORTIONS OF AFGHANISTAN BY A BUFFER AGAINST OTHER COUNTRIES. THERE ARE DETAILED PROCEDURES IN PLACE WHEN WE NEED TO OPERATE NEAR THE BORDER....
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Casey, Libby - Host
DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE LAST MARINE THAT DIED IN
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AFGHANISTAN UNDER YOUR COMMAND? WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIS FAMILY OR HER FAMILY THEY DIED FOR? GUEST: I WOULD TELL HIS FAMILY THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING HERE...
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Berger, David - Major General
EVERY SOLDIER, EVERY GEORGIAN SOLDIER, EVERY SAILOR THE DYES 03 HERE IS A TOUGH LOSS FOR HIS UNIT AND FOR HIS COMMAND WITHOUT A DOUBT. I WOULD TELL YOU...
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Casey, Libby - Host
2. WE ARE STILL SEEING REPORTS OF MEMBERS OF THE MARINES AND ARMY AND DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE BEING KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. IT IS NOT THE TOP...
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Berger, David - Major General
AT THE COMMAND LEVEL, IT IS NOW LESS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE ONE LOSS BE IN VAIN FOR THE NEXT MORNING, THEY...
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Casey, Libby - Host
LET'S GO TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON OUR DEMOCRAT LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY. WITH THE DRUG OR BEING FORCED DOWN AMERICANS THROW...
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YEARS, DON'T YOU THINK IT WOULD BE MORE OF A SERVICE TO AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DESTROY THE POPPY FIELDS BEFORE WE BEFORE -- BEFORE WE DEPART...
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Berger, David - Major General
A HUGE INCREASE IN THAT EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN. THEY TOOK IT ON PROGRESSIVELY ESPECIALLY THIS SPRING AND HAD A DETAILED PLAN UNTIL...
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Casey, Libby - Host
HERE'S A QUESTION FROM TWITTER -- WHAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE? GUEST: THE TRAVEL CULTURE HERE IS -- THE TRIBAL CULTURE HERE IS FASTENED TO BE PART OF AND...
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Berger, David - Major General
IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS SINCE THE CREATION OF DISTRICT COUNCILS, THE ELECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND THE PROVINCIAL...
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9/11 AND 1993 BECAUSE OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS INTERVIEWS. HOST: LET'S TURN YOUR CALL INTO REQUESTING YOUR GENERAL -- THE GENERAL...
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Casey, Libby - Host
DRAWDOWN? GUEST: WHENEVER IT IS TIME TO HEAD BACK AND THE PRESIDENT WILL DECIDE THAT, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT PART OF THE WORLD
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Berger, David - Major General
WHERE WE ARE FOCUSED. FROM WHAT WE READ IN THE PAPERS, THERE IS SOME SHIFT IN ATTENTION TOWARD THE PACIFIC BUT WHEREVER I GO NEXT IS WHERE THE COMMANDANT...
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Casey, Libby - Host
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT PHRASE. IT DOES NOT MEAN IT DOES NOT EXIST BUT IN MY TRAVELING AROUND AND THE FIVE MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT...
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WAR IS AS BAD AS THE VIETNAM WAR WAS. I THINK WE NEED TO GET OUT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MISSION IS. I THINK IT IS A TRAGEDY THAT ONE MORE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
CAN YOU RESPOND TO HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE USEFULNESS OF THIS EFFORT? GUEST: YES, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MARINES AND THE FORCES -- I WAS BEFORE EVERYBODY...
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Berger, David - Major General
HERE, I KNOW FOR A FACT THE MARINES HERE IN HELMAND PROVINCE KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE. THERE'S NO QUESTION IN THE MUD WITH THEIR FOCUS IS. WE WILL MAKE SURE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
ABOUTMAJOR ABOUT STOP-LOSS. MY SON IS CURRENTLY
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IN THE SERVICE. HE WATCHES SOLDIERS COME AND GO IN THE AIR AND ON THE CROWN. IS IT SO? IF SO, WHAT IS BEING DONE TO STOP IT? HOST: CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT...
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TWO AND THREE TOURS OF DUTY. HOST: LET'S HEAR FROM THE GENERAL. THEGUEST: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. STOP LOSS
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Casey, Libby - Host
IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE WHEN THERE IS A CRISIS AROUND THE WORLD AND THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO KEEP ON ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS BEYOND THE END OF...
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PEOPLE HOLDING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE AS AMERICANS HAVE GREATLY FAILED THESE TROOPS OVERSEAS. WE HAVE NOT HELD OUR GOVERNMENT...
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Berger, David - Major General
IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THE MISSION, SUPPORTING THE TROOPS, THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME
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Casey, Libby - Host
THAT AMERICANS SHOULD GET INVOLVED POLITICALLY TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. GUEST: I CAN TELL YOU FROM THIS END, THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM...
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Berger, David - Major General
AIRMEN, ABSOLUTELY IT IS CRITICAL. WHEN YOU'RE DEPLOYED AWAY FROM HOME, AWAY FROM THEIR OWN STATION, YOU NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ...
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Berger, David - Major General
IT WAS ABOUT 115 DEGREES WHERE WE ARE SITTING. HOW CAN THEY DO IT? INCREDIBLE TRAINING AND INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF DISCIPLINE, AND HAVING THE RIGHT GEAR....
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Casey, Libby - Host
IN AFGHANISTAN, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION. COMING UP NEXT, WE WILL TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION EDWIN FEULNER...
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HE WILL BEGIN IN REMARKS AT A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY THIS MORNING FOR ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS AND LATER HE AND THE FIRST LADY HOST A BARBEQUE, CONCERT,...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.