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O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
SUCH AMAZING EVENTS, TO HAVE GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL HERE TODAY. I AM MIKE O'HANLON, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY DEFENSE INITIATIVE. WE...
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| 00:04:07 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE CONCERN HE HAD FOR THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AS HE DID HIS JOB, DEALING WITH A VICIOUS ENEMY. THESE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING GENERAL STANLEY...
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| 00:06:51 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
ZARQAWI, LOOKING BACK NOW. HOW SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS A FIGURE HE WAS HALF A DECADE AGO. WHY HE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF PEOPLE TO GO AFTER DURING...
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| 00:25:10 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
WEEKS TO GET TO A SECOND TARGET. BY 2006, WE WERE DOING THREE TURNS A NIGHT OFF OF THE INTELLIGENCE FROM THE FIRST TARGET. THE SECOND TWO TARGETS, WE...
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| 00:25:39 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT, COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS -- YOU TALK ABOUT THE CIA. YOU HAVE A GREAT SENTENCE IN WHICH YOU SAY,...
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| 00:29:37 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
ABOUT PEACETIME -- YOU SORT OF ALL GO BACK TO YOUR OWN CORNERS. OR IS NOT THE FORCING FUNCTION. THERE IS NOT A BURNING PLATFORM THAT SAYS WE HAVE GOT...
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| 00:30:39 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
OR OF THIS INTELLIGENCE STRUGGLE. THE DRONE PROBLEM -- PROGRAM IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONTROVERSIAL. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOUR BOOK DOES WELL...
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| 00:38:52 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
PART -- ANALYST. SHE DESCRIBED HER PART IN TARGETING AN INDIVIDUAL. HER EYES WERE BURNING LIKE EMBERS. I HAD NOT SEEN THE PASSION AND PRIDE. SHE FELT...
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| 00:40:27 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
WAS NOT A FIVE-STAR HILTON, BUT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY. AT ONE POINT, YOU SAID TO YOUR TROOPS THAT ANYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN DETAINEE ABUSE WOULD...
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| 00:44:31 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
OUT -- BUT IT VALIDATED A LOT OF THE IMPRESSIONS IN THE PROPAGANDA THAT THE ALQAED AQQAEDA PUT OUT. THEY USED ABU GHRAIB TO LIGHT THE FIRE. IF YOU ARE...
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| 00:45:22 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
YOU LOOKED FOR INSPIRATION AND LEADERSHIP TO HORATIO NELSON, A NAVAL COMMANDER TWO CENTURIES BEFORE. YOU SAY IN THE BOOK THAT HE -- HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE...
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| 00:53:22 |
Q & A
WE DID NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH EARLY. WHEN THIS THING STARTED TO GET UGLY, WE DID NOT -- WE, THE MILITARY, WE, THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, WE DID...
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| 00:54:20 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR COUNTRY. ONE THING YOU ALLUDED TO IS THE PROBLEM WITH TRIBES. YOU WERE A KEY IMPLEMENTER OF BREAKING DOWN...
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| 00:56:52 |
Q & A
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| 00:57:05 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
HE HAD BECOME ONE OF THEM CULTURALLY. IT HELPED US GET OVER THE HUMP EARED WHAT WE HAD TO DO WITH OTHER AGENCIES IS TRADE HOSTAGES, AS WE CALLED IT....
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| 00:57:49 |
Q & A
HAD WEAKENED THE IRAQI ARMY ON PAYROLL, YOU WOULD HAVE SOLVED A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS. YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN IT AND REMOLD IT TO WHAT YOU WANTED. YOU
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| 00:58:05 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO SOME WORK ON IT. BUT NOW WHEN YOU PUT THESE NOW FRUSTRATED PEOPLE BACK INTO THE LABOUR MARKET IN WHICH THERE WAS NO LABOR, YOU PRODUCE...
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| 01:01:59 |
Q & A
HELP AND THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO BE WEAK. IN FACT, AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT SAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ALGERIA WAS HAPPY TO HAVE HOSTAGES DIE, BUT...
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| 01:02:37 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
CLEARLY AS A MESSAGE, I THINK. >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS, GOING BACK TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN COMPAQ CLEARLY, YOU CAME OUT OF IRAQ WITH A...
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| 01:06:17 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
AFRICANISTAN. ARE THEY THE SAME OR NOT? >> I AM NOT PREPARED TO SAY THAT THEY ARE THE SAME. IT IS A PIT AND -- A BIG PIECE OF GROUND WITH MULTIPLE OBLIGATIONS...
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| 01:06:44 |
Q & A
AREAS, AND -- ON A GOVERNMENT AREAS, THAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN. -- IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT GOVERNED, BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN. WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS ESTABLISH...
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| 01:07:36 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
THAT, GO TO OUR WEBSITE. LET'S GO BACK TO QUESTIONS NOW THAT I HAVE ADVERTISED FOR MYSELF RIGHT HERE. >> MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH PRT TEAMS AND THEIR...
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| 01:11:55 |
Q & A
WILL THEY BE EFFECTIVE? NOT OFTEN. IT WILL TAKE REAL DEDICATION OF PEOPLE. YOU HOW TO CREATE A CADRE OF PEOPLE WILLING TO DO IT. A CADRE OF PEOPLE WILLING...
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| 01:12:33 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
ALTHOUGH, THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH THAT DO IT. LEE, BUT THEY ARE TOO FEW IN NUMBER. -- I DO A...
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| 01:15:56 |
Q & A
BUT OUR SECOND GUEST IS THAT THE TALIBAN WINS. BUT WE CANNOT STAND IS THAT THE WAR GOES ON FOREVER. PRETTY INTERESTING AND RATIONAL BEHAVIOR. I DO NOT...
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| 01:16:10 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
IMPOSSIBLE. I DO NOT THINK IT IS EVER IMPOSSIBLE. BUT I THINK IS VERY HARD. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. WE NEED...
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| 01:18:36 |
Q & A
AFTER. AND YOU WILL ALWAYS DEAL WITH THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF WHAT YOU DO. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT AS A TOOL IN THE ARSENAL OR THE CAPACITY...
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| 01:18:51 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
LONG-TERM POLICY ON WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY AFTER EVERYTHING WE DO. I THINK THAT APPLIES EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. HOW WOULD WE FEEL IF THE MEXICANS CAME...
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| 01:22:46 |
Q & A
DID, BUT IT PERCENTAGE DID NOT. A PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE COULD NOT LEARN LANGUAGE BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT TRY AND WERE NOT SMART ENOUGH. BUT IT IS...
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| 01:23:06 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
PREPARED -- INVESTMENT. WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO SAY IT IS WORTH AS LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS BECAUSE IS NOT CAUGHT -- IF NOT, YOU CANNOT OPERATE EFFECTIVELY....
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| 01:25:57 |
Riedel, Bruce - Senior Fellow
IT. THEY HAVE AN ARMY, A POLICE FORCE, BUT THEY ARE NOT FACING A HUGE ARMY. THEY ARE FACING A TALIBAN AND THAT IS FRAGMENTED. IT IS A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE....
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