Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea
Jamie Patrick Sheais Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium...
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We know that some transporters have been heading from southern Serbia to northern Kosovo -- that's the primary equipment you would send if you were planning to withdraw.
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We find the KLA is far from vanquished.
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We have a direct and material concern for the security of these countries, and we don't only say that in rhetoric.
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We will be drawing up specific assistance programs for both countries to help them to meet the criteria for NATO membership.
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We've prevented Milosevic from using refugees as a weapon to destabilize neighboring countries.
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We are going to demonstrate ... the determination of the allies to see this through to the end no matter how long it takes. Our values and security will suffer if Milosevic is allowed to continue.
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We do know from the reports that we receive that the Yugoslav army is hurting now because of a lack of oil, both of supplies and the ability to distribute it.
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We heard seven speeches today but only one message: They share our determination to prevail and to see this through, and they are willing to put up with the short-term inconveniences resulting from the Kosovo crisis.
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We are still at some distance from full compliance. There is clear evidence that many army and special units that are normally based outside Kosovo are still deployed in Kosovo.
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We are acting in a just cause. We are convinced of that.
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We still exclude that option for the simple reason that they would take many weeks, if not months, to assemble, to introduce into the area and to fight their way in. We simply don't have several weeks or months at our disposal.
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We note the Pentagon stresses this is normal rotation and in any case next summer would have been the normal time.
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The pilot released the weapon, and only after he released the weapon did the bus come on the bridge. We will continue to do everything we can to try and avoid those kinds of incidents. We can't eliminate them altogether.
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We have not struck at targets in Belgrade by any means on every night of this operation. I would not read into that any particular significance.