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QUIET. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND TO OUR ELECTED BY THE WAS LERMAN AUDITORIUM. WE WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE JOINING A SOME...
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LET ME ADD MY WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REAL TREAT THIS MORNING. AS JOHN MENTIONED, I AM A SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER BY PROFESSION....
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MUCH FOR THAT WARM AND GENEROUS INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR MANY DECADES OF SERVICE. INDEED, I SEE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE WHO ARE EITHER ON ACTIVE...
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| 00:36:21 |
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OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE FOLKS WITH THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I WILL LET KNOWLEDGE YOU. LET THE...
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| 00:36:43 |
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YES. THANK YOU. WHERE IS RULE OF LAW FIT INTO THIS? >> WELL, RULE OF LAW CAN BE
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| 00:36:51 |
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A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ESTABLISHING LEGITIMACY. BECAUSE, AS I SAID, IT IS VERY HARD TO WIN WITH A PURE SCORCHED-EARTH STRATEGY. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE...
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HERE. >> ROBERT
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PRICE. OFFICE OF SECRETARY DEFENSE. HAD WE DO THIS CHEAP AND EASY? HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE YEAR NOT TWICE. COUNTERINSURGENCY, LONG TERM, EVEN AFTER SOME...
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| 00:38:39 |
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NOT HAVE TO WAGE FUTURE COUNTERINSURGENCIES BY SENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN TROOPS TO FOREIGN LANDS. IDEALLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTNER...
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| 00:41:42 |
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RETURN TO A POINT YOU MADE A FEW SECONDS AGO ABOUT RULE OF LAW AND DEBATING WHETHER OUR VIEW OF RULE OF LAW OR THE PUBLIC VIEW OF RULE OF LAW AND HOW...
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IN RECENT YEARS IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAMIST GROUPS TAKEOVER AREAS AND TRY TO IMPOSE THEIR RULE OF LAW, THIS CODE WHICH IS EXTREMELY...
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| 00:44:47 |
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THERE. >> THANK
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| 00:44:51 |
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YOU. THE VOICE OF AMERICA. WE SEE THE SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY . THE SUCCESS. >> WELL, IT IS
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| 00:45:05 |
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INTERESTING, WHAT HAS HAPPENED. AS THE POWER OF THE MEDIA HAS GROWN, AS CORE STORAGE STRATEGIES ARE BECOMING LESS SUCCESSFUL. THESE DAYS THEY CAN ONLY...
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HERE. >> THANK YOU VERY
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MUCH. MY NAME IS TYLER O'NEILL. A WRITER WITH THE WASHINGTON. I WORKED ON THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN IN THE FALL. I WAS WONDERING. BUT JEN THE TALKS IN HIS...
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| 00:48:15 |
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WE HAVE TO DO IT MORE INTELLIGENTLY THAN WE HAVE TODAY. IT IS MIND-BOGGLING HOW MANY TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE HAVE WASTED IN COUNTRIES BUILDING...
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| 00:50:05 |
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FIRST ROW. IN THE GUY BEHIND YOU. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME. >> SPECIAL FORCES AND
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| 00:50:15 |
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IRAQ. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON SOME OF THE INTERNAL CONFLICT IN THE MILITARY AND THE STRATEGY GOING FORWARD. I KNOW BEING A PART OF...
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| 00:51:00 |
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WHAT I SAID EARLIER WHICH IS, THINK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE SERVICE OF SO MANY OTHERS IN THIS ROOM. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S A GOOD...
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| 00:54:43 |
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SORRY. AND GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND. OF WANT TO ASK MAX TO TAKE TWO MORE MINUTES TO DO CLOSING. AND I WOULD LIKE YOUR STAY IN PLACE FOR A SECOND AND...
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I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU, ESSENTIALLY, WITH WHERE I STARTED WITCHES BY REMINDING YOU THAT THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE IS ALL...
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