Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sánchezis a former United States Army lieutenant general who stood as a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate election in 2012 for the seat of retiring Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison...
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We are moving towards a precision approach in the conduct of our operations that begins to take into consideration the Iraqi culture and sensitivities and we want to be precise in our application of combat power,
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I think clearly the number of wounded, also the number of engagements over the past three weeks, have been a little bit higher than we've seen before,
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What we're seeing is that unmistakably the number of engagements per day are increasing,
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What we're seeing here is clearly a continued attempt and a more concentrated effort by the enemy to try to get all the Iraqis that are cooperating with the coalition to break away and not provide us that support that is so crucial to getting to economic progress and the transition to sovereignty,
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We're fighting a low-intensity conflict that is multifaceted,
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But this is exactly where we want to fight them. ...This will prevent the American people from having to go through their attacks back in the United States.
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to free other people and to let them enjoy the freedoms that we have become accustomed to since the founding of our nation.
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If it's actionable intelligence and we believe that there may be substance to that tip, we go ahead and conduct operations against, and that's just one of those cases,
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He was a tired man, ... Also, I think, a man resigned to his fate.
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I am fully committed to thorough and impartial investigations that examine the role, commissions and omissions of the entire chain of command, and that includes me.
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We will not let a small group of criminals and thugs control the destiny of this country,
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At this point in time, there's no reported exchange of fire,
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We will find him at some point. Wherever the intelligence takes us,
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Sir, when I saw the pictures I was absolutely sickened by them. I thought I was going to throw up.