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"DOD BRIEFING": "HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CJCS. 12:15 PM THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER, 2001. RUMSFELD TELLS OF WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK ON 9-11 AND TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES SUPPORTING TERRORIST NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD, "SOME OF WHICH ARE LOOKING TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABLE OF STRIKING THE U.S."
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| 00:01:47 79.1 |
"IF THEY HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABLE OF KILLING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN DOUBT THEY WOULD HAVE USED THEM".
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| 00:02:27 119.1 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF CONSTRAINTS OF THE ABM TREATY LEFT OVER FROM THE COLD WAR. SPEAKS IN LENGTH ON THE ABM TREATY. "SOME LAWYERS WILL DEBATE WE ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE TREATY". HE SAYS WE ARE NOT VIOLATING IT, TELLS OF INCIDENTS TO PROVE THAT FACT. REPORTERS SEATED TAKING NOTES. SPEAKS ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRESIDENT PUTIN MEETING TO DISCUSS TREATY.
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| 00:04:59 271.1 |
GENERAL MYERS TAKES PODIUM GIVES BRIEFING ON CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM. SPEAKS OF YESTERDAYS EFFORTS BEING GEARED AGAINST TALIBAN FORCES SHOWS MAP TITLED:
"ENDURING FREEDOM", OCTOBER 24, WITH LOCATIONS OF AREAS STRUCK AND WEAPONRY USED. TELLS OF "COMMANDO SOLO" BROADCASTS AND LEAFLETS DROPPED. |
| 00:06:59 391.1 |
SHOWS PHOTOS OF TANK TARGETS BEING HIT AS WELL AS GUN CAMERA PIN-POINTING, DESTROYING TARGETS.
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| 00:09:17 529.1 |
RUMSFELD TAKES PODIUM, IS ASKED ABOUT THE ABM TREATY AND HIS COMMENT THAT IT WAS OUT-DATED. RUMSFELD GIVES LENGTHY ANSWER.
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| 00:12:00 692.1 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, " ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE U.S. CANNOT STAY BOUND TO THE RESTRAINTS OF THAT TREATY (ABM)".
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| 00:12:29 721.1 |
RUMSFELD SAYS KEEPING THE AL QAEDA "ON THE RUN" IS NOT ENOUGH, THEY MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. MS THREE NEWSMEN TAKING NOTES
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| 00:14:59 871.1 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING OSAMA BIN LADEN. BUT EXPECT TO GET HIM, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE ARRAY OF AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN LEADERSHIP.
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| 00:16:19 951.1 |
REPORTER ASKS IF SUCCESS OF MISSION IS GETTING OSAMA BIN LADEN AND "DO YOU BELIEVE THE U.S. MAY NEVER GET OSAMA BIN LADEN?". RUMSFELD: "I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET HIM" SUCCESS OF THE MISSION IS TO STOP TERRORISTS FROM HARMING THE WORLD, AND TO STOP TERRORISTS".
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| 00:18:19 1071.1 |
REPORTER ASKS WHY OSAMA BIN LADEN AND THE TALIBAN IS STILL THERE AFTER WE DROPPED SO MANY BOMBS ON THEM AND HOW WE KEEP THE AMERICAN PUBLIC INVOLVED.
RUMSFELD GIVES LENGTHY RESPONSE. SAYS NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND THEY UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO "SILVER BULLET".. |
| 00:22:39 1331.1 |
CU NEWSMAN LOOKING CLOSELY AT HID HAND-HELD RECORDER AS GENERAL MYERS ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
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