Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
later plans postponed trip until
He (Cohen) did have tentative plans to go in June, and he has postponed any trip until some later date.
china committed engagement
He remains, of course, steadfastly committed to engagement with China as a long-term policy.
cnn energetic facts hope mission people true understand
I hope that CNN is ... energetic in making this retraction and clarification so that people do understand what the true facts of this mission were.
allied central controls increased indicative military nerve pressure regime security system
indicative of increased allied pressure on the very center, the central nerve system of the regime that controls military and security forces.
aware decisions everybody future movement required sure type
He wanted to make sure that no decisions were made by default, and that everybody was aware of the type of planning, and potentially training, that would be required for a future movement of forces.
albanians attack continue focus forces
These are the forces that are being used to attack the Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo, and we will continue to focus on those targets.
civilian flying military stay trained worry
The flying public, I believe, has nothing to worry about. The military is trained to stay well away from civilian airliners.
less pilots rescue safety
There may be times when we have to rescue pilots and the less said the better for the safety of the pilots.
analyzed explode found information miss several target
We have analyzed yesterday's information and found that an AGM-130 (missile) did miss its target and explode in a residential neighborhood several kilometers from its target.
absolutely air answer expansion ground pure question simple step toward troops
The question you all will have is, 'Isn't this a step toward the deployment of ground troops in Kosovo?' ... The answer is, absolutely not. This is pure and simple an expansion of the air operation.
agreement deployed force forces help larger peace pull quickly ready refugees
We're going to need a larger KFOR, and we want it deployed to Macedonia as quickly as possible. Should there be a peace agreement quickly, as we hope, we need a force that's ready to go in and help the refugees get back as the Serb forces pull out.
initially large percent three twice whether
We don't know whether it'll be twice as large or three times as large or 50 percent as large as we initially planned.
exactly moved plan troops
We don't know why they have moved these troops or exactly what they plan to do with these troops that they have marshaled around the borders.
consensus ground invasion nato today
There is no consensus in NATO today for a ground invasion force.