Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
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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.
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There are heavy concentrations of artillery along the border between Kosovo and Macedonia. There are only 14 roads into Kosovo -- two from Macedonia. These roads are mined. The bridges are mined. There are built in ... tank and artillery positions along lines of communication.
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We're watching it very carefully. We have certainly seen signs that (Saddam Hussein is) attempting to reconstruct his air defense abilities north of the 32nd parallel.
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We're watching it very carefully, ... We have certainly seen signs that (Saddam Hussein is) attempting to reconstruct his air defense abilities north of the 32nd parallel.
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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.
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We could have part of an enabling force on the ground in Kosovo within several days of a decision to do so.
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We have very robust, well-trained combat search and rescue teams available to search for them.
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What we have seen is extremely active activity by (Iraq's) air defense system,
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We are in favor of having NATO move to the next stage, which is the so-called activation warning, to come closer to the use of military force if necessary.
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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.
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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.
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We are making progress against military infrastructure, and we are reducing the Yugoslav ability to sustain operations.
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The Defense Department has sent out two advisories to military installations and commanders around the world,
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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.