Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
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I think it is fair to say that things were in their expected position -- which was moved, ... They have been moving their military assets, including tanks and artillery -- and other things. Dispersion is a standard defensive tactic, and the Serbs are very good at dispersion.
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The Iraqis move forces back and forth on sort of an unpredictable basis from time to time; they do appear to be moving some missiles and other forces into the southern no-fly zone.
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The Air Force is in the process of taking down all its tents at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia because the airmen are moving into dormitories, and therefore these tents could possibly be available for use in Albania or Macedonia.
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Given what we have seen, the active redeployment of (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's) air defenses, the high state of alert, we think he is interested in much more than diplomacy, that he has ulterior motives to moving these around and we need to be prepared.
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Some of this involves cutting out clutter on the Internet and focusing Web sites so that they provide useful amounts of information without overwhelming users.
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They've done this with consummate skill and professionalism and success. I don't think there's a citizen who isn't proud of the way our military has performed in these operations and is performing every day
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They (Paramount Pictures) have a right to make the movies any way they want to make them. We pay attention to how they portray the military.
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Enterprising generals and admirals will always find ways -- very good ways -- to spend more money.
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many of the tankers are flown by reservists.
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Also, some of the Army assets going into Macedonia and Albania likely would come from the reserves. There are specialties such as civil affairs that only exist in the reserves.
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indicative of increased allied pressure on the very center, the central nerve system of the regime that controls military and security forces.
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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.
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The Yugoslavs thought that they could wipe out the Kosovo Liberation Army in five to seven days. They have not succeeded in doing that,
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He has not been able to rebuild his military, in part because of our containment, but also in large part because of the United Nations' embargo on Iraq, which has prevented him from buying the military equipment he would like to buy.