Kenneth Bacon
Kenneth Bacon
Kenneth Hogate Baconwas an American journalist who served as a spokesman for the Department of Defense during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, and later as president of Refugees International, an organization dedicated to advocating for assistance and protection for displaced persons and promoting solutions to displacement crises...
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We have plans for a swift and severe air campaign. This will be painful to the Serbs.
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By far, the Navy and the Marines have been the most successful at public affairs.
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I do not have verification that there were units or groups of the size that Newsday reports. But we do believe that there was some Russian participation.
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Then the international community will have to decide what to do next, based on Milosevic's activities.
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It may be that he (Hussein) is preparing to provoke another confrontation with the U.N.. These confrontations have been unsuccessful in the past, and I assume would be unsuccessful in the future as well.
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The KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) is responding, but it's basically trying to get out of the way, to retreat to the hills and preserve itself. The bulk of the fighting is at the instigation of the Yugoslav forces.
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The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return to school; violence against women declines; trade and economic activity resume; medical and other services become more accessible, and the international focus changes from relief to development and self-sufficiency. All this makes new wars less likely. It is a virtuous cycle that deserves nurture and support.
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The current level of violence is unacceptable, and we're trying to make that clear in all sorts of communications to Milosevic and to his army and his police forces.
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The Iraqi planes when they saw they were engaged and being fired upon by the U.S. planes turned and beat a hasty retreat out of the no-fly zone.
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A Greek government spokesman said he anticipated that they would be able to land soon and move through Greece to their posts.
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It's difficult to be completely clear about what happened, but it looks as if a bulldozer or other earth moving equipment has been run over where the original graves used to be.
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We certainly know that Russians participated. Russian volunteers, mercenaries, we believe, did participate with paramilitary and other Serb forces.
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We are continuing to focus on air defenses. We have made progress, particularly against its command and control elements.