The Iraqis move forces back and forth on sort of an unpredictable basis from time to time; they do appear to be moving some missiles and other forces into the southern no-fly zone. |
The KLA has already agreed not to attack the Serb troops as they're leaving, |
The KLA has already agreed not to attack the Serb troops as they're leaving. |
The main issue was figuring out where it was going, We didn't have to deal with other options. |
The massed artillery is relatively easy for NATO planes to target. And we have been targeting that, and have now, we believe, removed the majority of the artillery in Kosovo -- perhaps as much as 90 percent of the artillery in Kosovo in the last several weeks -- by attacking massed artillery along the borders. |
The pay is now going up about 3.5, 3.7 percent a year, more than the rate of inflation, and that's built into the five-year plan. So pay is improving. |
The principal impact we've had so far is to reduce their ability to sustain themselves, to reduce their supplies. We are now beginning to focus more on the troops on the ground. That began last night with sustained attacks on their staging areas. |
The question is: Could we get the food to the people in a way that wouldn't endanger the deliverers? ... We have not figured out a way to do that. |
The question is: Could we get the food to the people in a way that wouldn't endanger the deliverers? We have not figured out a way to do that. |
The question you all will have is, 'Isn't this a step toward the deployment of ground troops in Kosovo?' ... The answer is, absolutely not. This is pure and simple an expansion of the air operation. |
The reports did not provide enough specificity to allow any skipper or military commander to make a decision to change behavior based on these reports. |
The train has pretty much left the station ... We believe this will be painful for the Serbs. We hope that relatively quickly ... the Serbs will realize they have made a mistake. |
The U.N. is sending a team that's supposed to arrive tomorrow (Wednesday), to evaluate the situation and then return to New York, I believe, on Friday to report their findings. And depending on what they report, then the U.N. will decide what to do next. |
The Yugoslavs thought that they could wipe out the Kosovo Liberation Army in five to seven days. They have not succeeded in doing that, |
The Yugoslavs thought that they could wipe out the Kosovo Liberation Army in five to seven days. They have not succeeded in doing that. |