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accurate attempting defense department human improve intelligence surprising
It is accurate and should not be surprising that the Department of Defense is attempting to improve its long-standing human intelligence capability.
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I would expect fully that he will come back and give an assessment of where he thinks he is. I don't know, I simply don't, whether that will include his recommendation on the way ahead.
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There is no unit that is directly reportable to the Secretary of Defense for clandestine operations as is described in the Washington Post article. ... Further, the department is not attempting to 'bend' statutes to fit desired activities, as is suggested in this article.
adversary continues deadly develop precise
an adversary that continues to develop some sophistication on very deadly and increasingly precise standoff weapons.
focused learn trying ways
They're trying different ways to place these things, they're trying to keep focused on US activities, ... We're always trying to learn off of them, they're always trying to learn off of us.
advanced certain department disaster government lessons planning principle provide resources thinking
I think one of the principle lessons is that in a disaster of a certain scale, there is no other department of government that can provide the resources and the planning and the advanced thinking than this department,
bet generally kinds lawsuits true
Generally speaking, as is true anywhere, if these kinds of lawsuits take place with American servicemen in the cross-hairs, you bet it's something we take seriously,
bunch drop equipment ground guys waiting
You drop in the 82nd Airborne, and you have a bunch of guys on the ground waiting for their equipment to show up,
altered elections january perfectly plausible rotation
We altered the rotation of units during the January elections, and I think its perfectly plausible we'll do the same thing for these elections.
certain connect dozen force longer point require start turn
When we turn over two dozen forward-operating bases, that's two dozen that no longer require US military, ... So at a certain point you have to start to connect that to force levels.