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footprint heavy lower presence tension
The tension that the commanders feel between heavy presence and lower footprint is something they're measuring all the time.
careful operating perhaps procedures reviewed standard
So they've reviewed the standard operating procedures to see if perhaps we could have been more careful in those cases.
asked fact ordered proceed
The fact is we said we'd proceed on commissions. Hicks is up. And we're going to proceed. And if we're asked not to proceed or ordered not to proceed (by a court), then we won't. That's the plan,
looking might needed procedures
We're always looking to see if there are modifications that might be needed to the procedures
assessment result
In July, he had one assessment. He has an assessment now that could still result in what he said earlier, it could result in no change, it could result in more.
defense department paying says somebody wrong
If somebody comes back to me and says there's nothing wrong with the Department of Defense paying journalists, I'll say, 'Even if there's nothing wrong, does it make sense ?
again approaches based continue goes hand occur presented responsibility variety waiting watching
He's presented a variety of alternative approaches that could occur after the election, but again it's all based on waiting to see how it goes and waiting and watching as we continue to hand over responsibility to the Iraqis,
casey determine elections general whatever
General Casey could determine after the elections that, I want more, for whatever reason, ... and then he'll get more.
election next surprise
For the next election (in December), it wouldn't surprise me to see it go right back up to 160,000 again.
bring likes operation promote somebody
If he can promote from within, or bring somebody in who's been part of the operation in some other capacity, he likes to do that,
congress decide next president process send step whether
The next step in the process is that the president will decide whether or not he's going to send it to the Congress as is,
continue decision government operate whether
it's a decision the Uzbek government has to make as to whether or not we would continue to operate from that.
behalf certainly fine men perception regret
On behalf of these fine young men and women, we certainly regret any perception that they were told what to say. It is not the case.
obvious people question
There's a lot of people who know that that's an obvious question