Mark Kimmitt
Mark Kimmitt
Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmittwas the 16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, serving under George W. Bush from August 2008 to January 2009. Prior to joining the State Department, he was a Brigadier General in the United States Army, and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East. Kimmitt has also served as Deputy Director for Strategy and Plans for the United States Central Command, and Deputy Director for Operations/Chief Military Spokesman for Coalition Forces in...
activities clear continue evidence ground happened midnight night saw somewhat wedding
Day after day after day as we continue to get more evidence in ... it is pretty clear to us that what happened that night -- from after midnight to about 0400 -- that the activities that we saw on the ground were somewhat inconsistent with a wedding party,
soldier
That soldier said: 'There are some things going on here that I can't live with'.
hunted
They will be hunted down. They will be captured,
continue marine minds number though tremendous turned weapons
The negotiations, the discussions in the minds of the Marine commanders, continue to proceed, even though we did not see a tremendous number of weapons turned in today,
country create damage few number people takes
It takes a very few number of people in the country to create the kind of damage we are seeing,
current fact strategy
the current strategy that we are implementing is in fact working.
casualty civilian enemy figures received somewhere
The casualty figures that we have received from the enemy are somewhere about 10 times that amount, ... About civilian casualties, there is no authoritative figure out there.
attacks change civilians continues number rise soft targets
the number of attacks on soft targets and civilians continues to rise ... we think this is a change on the part of the enemy.
coalition drove shots toward vehicle warning
After the warning shots were neglected, the individuals got into their vehicle and drove toward the coalition base,