2002AFGAN WAR 2000's
"DOD BRIEFING", HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GEN. RICHARD MYERS CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY, 30 JANUARY, 2002. MORE IS SAID ABOUT DETAINEES AND GENEVA CONVENTION.
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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD AND
GENERAL RICHARD MYERS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30, 2002 BRIEFING WAR IN AFGANASTAN |
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DONALD RUMSFELD STARTS BRIEFING BY TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE OF THE DAY BEFORE. "HIS VISION OF TASKS OUR COUNTRY WILL FACE, AND TASKS OUR MILITARY WILL FACE".
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS IN LENGTH ON NEW BUDGET WHICH IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN WAR ON TERROR "CAN'T WAIT TO TRANSFORM OUR MILITARY TO THE THREATS OF THE 21ST CENTURY".
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ABOVE VIEW NEWS MEN, WOMEN LISTENING TO RUMSFELD SPEAK ABOUT BUDGET AND TRANSFORMATION OF MILITARY, TAKE NOTES.
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NEWSMAN ASKS MYERS IF ATTACK ON TALIBAN TURNED OUT TO BE ATTACK ON ANTI-TALIBAN FORCES. MYERS SAYS IT IS "UNDER INVESTIGATION".
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NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD IF THERE'S TALK ABOUT REINSTITUTING THE DRAFT, CONSIDERING WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH SAID ABOUT NORTH KOREA, IRAN AND IRAQ?
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RUMSFELD COMPARES THE "PUEBLO" INCIDENT IN NORTH KOREA WHERE U.S. NAVY MEN OF SS "PUEBLO" WERE CAPTURED AND CALLED DETAINEES BY NORTH KOREAN TO OUR DETAINING OF TALIBAN. RUMSFELD SAYS SAILORS OF PUEBLO, IN FULL UNIFORM, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ELIGIBLE AS LAWFUL COMBATANTS UNDER GENEVA CONVENTION RULES.
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RUMSFELD EXPLAINS WHY UNLAWFUL COMBATANTS ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN LAWFUL COMBATANTS. SPEAKS IN LENGTH ABOUT GENEVA CONVENTION VIS-A-VIS TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA DETAINEES.
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RUMSFELD SAYS THAT REPORT THAT SECRETARY POWELL BELIEVES THEY (DETAINEES) SHOULD BE TREATED AS PRISONERS OF WAR IS FLAT UN-TRUE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE TREATED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE GENEVA CONVENTION.
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF THE BUILDING OF CELLS ON GUANTANAMO BAY.
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NEWSMAN JAMIE MCINTYRE ASKS IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF PLANNING FOR OPERATIONS IN IRAQ?
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FEMALE REPORTER ASKS ABOUT STATEMENT BY BUSH ABOUT "AXIS OF EVIL", AND STATEMENT THAT HE "WILL NOT WAIT ON EVENTS AS DANGERS GATHER".
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RUMSFELD SAYS THEY DO SEE SIGNS THAT IRAN IS INTERESTED IN WESTERN PORTION OF AFGHANISTAN SPEAKS IN LENGTH ON SUBJECT.
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GENERAL MYERS IS ASKED IF SOME OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES IN THE VICINITY HE VISITED WOULD SUPPORT AN ATTACK ON IRAQ? HE SAYS HE DIDN'T TALK TO THEM ABOUT IRAQ, BUT THE SUPPORT IS UNWAVERING ON THE WAR ON TERRORISM.
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ORIENTAL 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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RUMSFELD IS ASKED HOW MUCH IT IS COSTING US TO HAVE TROOPS IN COUNTRIES BORDERING AFGHANISTAN?
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NEWSMAN ASKS IF THE COMMENT BY BUSH ABOUT AXIS OF EVIL WAS A PRETEXT FOR A SHOOTING WAR IN IRAQ? HE ALSO ASKS IF THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE THAT THESE COUNTRIES POSE ANY GREATER THREAT THEY DID ON SEPTEMBER 10TH?
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RUMSFELD SAYS HE DON'T KNOW HOW THE WORLD IS INTERPRETING THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS.
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RUMSFELD SAYS, "THEY ARE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN WORKING ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION".
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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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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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