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01:35:56 6.41 |
WS PRESS ROOM SHOWING JOURNALISTS AS DONALD RUMSFELD TAKES THE PODIUM AND GREETS THE AUDIENCE
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01:36:09 20.18 |
I HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT AND THEN GENERAL MEYERS HAS SOME REMARKS. "AS A COUNTRY WE LOST THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. I THINK ITS USEFUL TO MENTION THAT THE TALIBAN AND AL-QAEDA STARVED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE
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01:37:01 71.4 |
THEY PURPOSELY USED WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MILITARY AREAS TO SHIELD THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEY PURPOSELY PUT MILITARY EQUIPMENT NEXT TO SCHOOLS AND MOSQUES
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01:38:29 160.02 |
GENERAL MEYERS IS INTRODUCED AND BEGINS HIS SPEECH. I'D LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE ACHILLES STRIKE OF LAST WEEK. THE SEARCH TEAM WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE EXACT IMPACT OF THE MISSILE. OUR TEAM WILL SEND BACK INFO FOR ANALYSIS. AT THIS POINT I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THE 27 DETAINEES WERE GIVEN ANY ROUGH TREATMENT
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01:40:07 258 |
JOURNALIST "CHARLIE" ASKS RUMSFELD ABOUT THE WAR BEING CALLED A "SHADOW WAR". ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THIS IS TURNING INTO A PUBLIC RELATIONS DISASTER.
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01:42:12 382.38 |
THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD BEING DONE AND THE HARM THAT THE TALIBAN WAS DOING ISN'T BEING DONE.
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01:42:12 383 |
ABOVE VIEW NEWS MEN, WOMEN LISTENING TO RUMSFELD SPEAK ABOUT BUDGET AND TRANSFORMATION OF MILITARY, TAKE NOTES.
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01:42:25 395.4 |
RUMSFELD: THE TALIBAN HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT. SO THE REPRESSION THAT EXISTED.. THE CIRCUMSTANCE TODAY OF THE AFGHAN PEOPLE IS VASTLY IMPROVED.
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01:43:05 436.1 |
JOURNALIST ASKS FOR DETAILS ON WHAT ATTACKS RUMSFELD FOILED, WHAT EVIDENCE. RUMSFELD: "WHEN THE FORCES IN A COUNTRY ARE DOING THINGS THAT AREN'T PUBLIC, WE DON'T ANNOUNCE THOSE THINGS. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THEY DO WHICH ARE NOT ANNOUNCED UNTIL THEY HAPPEN. OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING DISCOVERED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. INTELLIGENCE IS BEING GATHERED.
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01:44:20 510.91 |
NO ONE EVER LIKES TO SEE AN EVENT WHERE SOMEONE CHARGES THAT IT WAS IMPROPER AS WE SAW WITH THE OPERATION THAT GENERAL MYERS COMMENTED ON. BUT IT HAPPENS AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS GO AT IT AND TELL THE WORLD WHAT HAPPENED. I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN THERE IS AN ALLEGATION THAT IS MADE THAT SUGGESTS THAT SOME INNOCENT PERSON WAS KILLED OR INJURED
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01:45:12 562.3 |
MYERS I THINK THE SECRETARY AND I, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SHARE SOME OF THESE SUCCESSES, BUT ONCE YOU DO THAT THE TACTICS, YOU REVEAL THOSE TACTICS. WE'VE JUST GOT TO BE VERY VERY CAREFUL. NO MATTER HOW THESE INVESTIGATIONS TURN OUT, THEY ARE THE MOST PROFESSIONAL AND DISCIPLINED FORCES THERE ARE. SOME OF THOSE DETAINEES COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE FACT THAT THEY WERE DETAINED AND NOT KILLED I THINK IT INDICATES THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL.
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01:46:47 657.66 |
RUMSFELD ELABORATES "WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION ARE YOU CONCERNED", YOU RUN THE RISK OF THE PRESS MISCONSTRUING THE RESPONSE. I DO HAVE A CONCERN WHEN SOMEONE MAKES AN ALLEGATION.
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01:48:47 777.5 |
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01:48:47 777.5 |
JOURNALIST ASKS- THERE IS CONCERN THAT A MISSILE MAY HAVE KILLED THREE INNOCENT PEOPLE OUT COLLECTING SCRAP METAL.
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01:50:06 856.8 |
A DECISION WAS MADE TO FIRE THE HELLFIRE MISSILE. IT WAS FIRED. IT APPARENTLY HIT THREE PEOPLE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS DONE
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01:54:58 1149.22 |
MYERS DISCUSSSES- HOW MANY HELLFIRE MISSILES HAVE BEEN USED. MYERS SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW AND IF HE DID HE WOULDN'T TELL. LET ME JUST ADD A COMMENT ON SUCCESS. WE WANTED TO DISRUPT THESE OPERATIONS AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WHEN THE TIME COMES IT WILL BE RELEASED
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01:55:52 1202.29 |
THIS ATTACK WAS APPROPRIATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN MY MIND. BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A QUESTION THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION. QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH INTERACTION BETWEEN CENTCOM (SP?) DOD AND THE CIA ABOUT IT. RUMSFELD ANSWERS THAT THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY OF INTERACTION. MEYERS WONDERS WHY THERE WAS AN APPARENT CONTRADICTION ON INFORMATION RELEASED.
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01:57:16 1286.25 |
MEYERS IS QUESTIONED FURTHER ABOUT A GENERAL'S CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT. HE RESPONDS "I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAID, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS THINKING." RUMSFELD REMARKS WITH A LAUGH "HE'S GETTIN CAREFUL TOO"
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01:57:47 1317.71 |
QUESTION ABOUT DEVELOPING A JOINT TASK FORCE HEADQUARTERS. IF WE HAD HAD THAT WOULD IT HAVE HELPED THIS OPERATION AT ALL. MEYERS RESPONDS THAT IT WOULDHAVE BEEN HELPFUL
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01:59:20 1410.81 |
SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT A TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. RUMSFELD SAYS THAT THE REASON THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERROGATION GOING ON. HE MENTIONS THE THREE POINTS OF INTERROGATION INCLUDING GUANTANAMO.
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02:00:59 1509.76 |
REPORTER MENTIONS TWO WEEKS AGO JUST BEFORE THE RAID OF SPECIAL FORCES IN KANDAHAR, AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAID THEY WERE IN NEGOTIATION WITH THREE TALIBAN OFFICIALS- WERE YOU AWARE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. RUMSFELD RESPONDS THAT THERE ARE MANY NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON ALL THE TIME. IT'S A CONTIOUS PROCESS
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02:02:08 1578.63 |
YOU SAID THAT THE FOLKS FIRING PREDATORS HAVE A GOOD RECORD. RUMSFELD SAYS THEY ARE SERIOUS PEOPLE AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ONE MONTH. THEY OBSERVE A VARIETY OF THINGS FROM THE GROUND AND THE AIR. THEY HAVE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID THEY'D DO.
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02:03:34 1664.29 |
THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CENTRAL COMMAND, AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY TRUE AFTER THE FIRST MONTH. ONE EXCEPTION HAS BEEN THE ARMED PREDATORS, WHICH ARE RUN BY CIA OPERATIVES. ..
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02:05:48 1798.31 |
RUMSFELD IS ASKED ABOUT THE CIA DEVELOPING ITS OWN MILITARY CAPABILITES AND HOW ITS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE US MILITARY. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND THE CIA IS AS GOOD NOW AS IT HAS EVER WAS.
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02:07:13 1884 |
ASIAN FEMALE REPORTER ASKS IF U.S. SHOULD MAKE PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST NORTH KOREA, IN LIGHT OF THEIR NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS?
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02:08:09 1940 |
RUMSFELD IS ASKED HOW MUCH IT IS COSTING US TO HAVE TROOPS IN COUNTRIES BORDERING AFGHANISTAN?
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02:08:27 1958.08 |
QUESTION ABOUT REGIME CHANGES WITHIN THE US MILITARY. RUMSFELD SAYS CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION ABOUT REGIME CHANGE. THE TIMING IS SOMETHING FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE COUNTRY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
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02:09:36 2026.77 |
I THINK THE US SINCE DESERT STORM HAS ALWAYS HAD PLANNING ABOUT IRAQ AND WHAT IT MIGHT DO TO ITS NEIGHBORS. IT'S A COUNTRY THAT THREW OUT THE INSPECTORS, THAT HAS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
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02:10:49 2099.34 |
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY POWELL HAVE SAID, WHAT THEY HAVE SAID, SEEMS TO ME TO BE SELF-EVIDENT. EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY AND THE INSPECTORS ARE NOT THERE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROCEED APACE, BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO A TIME WHEN THOSE WEAPONS ARE MORE THREATENING.
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02:12:47 2218 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "THEY ARE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN WORKING ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION".
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02:13:35 2266.27 |
RUMSFELD DISCUSSES "KNOWN UNKNOWNS" VS. "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS".. AND IF ONE LOOKS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, IT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE LATTER
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02:16:09 2420 |
REPORTERS DISPUTE RUMSFELD REMARKS WHEN HE SAYS BUSH'S SPEECH WAS IN "PERFECT CLARITY", WHEN SPEAKING OF NATIONS THAT HARBOR TERRORISTS AND POSSESS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD).
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02:18:04 2535 |
RUMSFELD TELLS OF TERRORISTS CAMPS IN OTHER COUNTRIES BESIDES AFGHANISTAN WHICH INCLUDE, SYRIA, LIBYA, SOMALIA, LEBANON, SUDAN, SOME IN ASIA. "THERE ARE A GREAT MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED".
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02:19:29 2620 |
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