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KID. GOOD AFTERNOON. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS I BELIEVE MY FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE AT THE PENTAGON BRIEFING ROOM. THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN I THOUGHT...
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| 00:17:09 |
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MR. SECRETARY, FIRST I'D SAY THANKS FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME INTO THE BRIEFING ROOM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND TAKE OUR QUESTIONS. AND WE HOPE THAT...
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| 00:17:53 |
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WE ARE TRYING TO CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE AND ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THE TEST THEY CONDUCTED WAS, IN FACT, A NUCLEAR TEST. AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS...
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| 00:19:20 |
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Reporter: CAN YOU DESCRIBE IN ANY WAY, ANY SORT OF ACTIONS OR STEPS, AS YOU PUT IT, YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING TAKING? >> WELL, I THINK IT'S --
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| 00:19:26 |
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YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW. ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THE DIPLOMATIC STEPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN. I THINK...
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| 00:20:41 |
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NOW THAT YOU'RE LEAVING AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BE MORE CANDID, THE BIN LADEN OPERATION CERTAINLY, AS YOU MENTIONED, VERY CENTRAL TO YOUR TENURE IN...
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| 00:21:04 |
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GANDOLFINI, I JUST WANT -- >>
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| 00:21:06 |
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Reporter: YOU KNOW, LET ME ASK YOU A COUPLE THINGS. THE ONE THING YOU'VE BEEN DYING TO TELL AMERICA THAW HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO UNTIL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE...
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Reporter: JUST A COUPLE THOUGHTS HERE. I MEAN, I THINK, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT BIN LADEN REMAINED THE INSPIRATIONAL LEADER FOR AL QAEDA. AND THAT...
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| 00:24:58 |
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BIN LADEN, SIR, DO YOU -- WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THE POTENTIAL PROSECUTION OF THE ANSWER OF "NO EASY DAY," WILL THAT HAPPEN WHILE YOU'RE ON POST? AND...
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MATTER STANDS. I KNOW THAT COUNSEL HAS CONSIDERED TAKING ACTION ON THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT MATTER STANDS....
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| 00:27:18 |
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SECRETARY, WHY DID YOU, GENERAL DEMPSEY AND SECRETARY CLINTON RECOMMEND THAT THE U.S. PROVIDE WEAPONS TO THE REBEL FORCES IN SYRIA? WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED...
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| 00:29:09 |
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IF I COULD, HAS GENERAL ALLEN TALKED TO YOU ABOUT POSSIBLY WITHDRAWING HIS NAME FROM NOMINATION TO BECOME SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN EUROPE? >> YOU...
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| 00:29:22 |
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HAS -- AS ALL OF YOU KNOW HAS BEEN, I THINK, ONE OF THE -- AN OUTSTANDING COMMANDER FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ISAF. I THINK HISTORY, WHEN IT LOOKS...
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| 00:30:32 |
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SECRETARY YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THINGS YOU ARE PROUD OF. I WONDERED IF YOU COULD FOCUS ON ANY DISAPPOINTS DURING...
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| 00:30:48 |
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DAMN! >> Reporter: I DON'T TO WANT
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| 00:30:49 |
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GO DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN. MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULDN'T RESOLVE IN YOUR TIME HERE OR COULDN'T DEAL WITH ADEQUATELY DURING YOUR TENURE YEAR THAT...
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| 00:31:07 |
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TO SAY, AND I'VE EXPRESSED THIS IS TO THE TEAM HERE, I WAS -- I'VE BEEN HONORED BY HAVING A GREAT TEAM HERE AT THE PENTAGON. A GREAT MILITARY TEAM....
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| 00:35:23 |
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FEAR YOUR SUCCESSOR, CONSIDERING THE ROUGH CONFIRMATION HEARING, WILL HAVE A MORE DIFFICULT TIME WITH CONGRESS? FOLLOWING UP ON YOUR ANSWER ABOUT...
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| 00:35:42 |
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NOT. AND I THINK HE -- HE, TOO, I THINK, IN COMING BACK, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WAS PLEASED THAT THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTED HIS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HE HAD...
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ISSUE? >> Reporter:
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BETWEEN ENGEL AND -- >>
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| 00:36:40 |
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WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF IN FULL DISPLAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK I -- WHEN YOU -- WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE DEBATE -- IN THE CONGRESS, THE THING THAT...
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| 00:38:47 |
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YEARS OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, STARTING HIS SECOND TERM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE REPUTATION OF HIS COUNTRY IN THE EYES OF THE REST OF THE WORLD?...
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| 00:39:00 |
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THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, OBVIOUSLY TRAVELED A GREAT DEAL IN THIS JOB AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PARTNERS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, EVERYWHERE I...
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| 00:41:13 |
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PANETTA'S SUCCESSOR, CHUCK HAGEL, APPROVED BY THE SENATE ARMS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, A VOTE OF 14-11. STILL AWAITING
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