But I am very much aware, as are all the pilots and all the operators, that the enemy is trying to its level best to hear what we're saying to glean information from it. |
But I think this is an area where pressure from the public is having an impact on what our government is doing. |
By international law, the Geneva Convention applies to all periods of hostilities. |
Drafts are not final, and they're subject to change until they're final. So... by mutual agreement, the secretary of the Air Force and the deputy secretary of defense decided that there was more work to do and that's being done. |
easier to move, harder to find, more lethal, able to strike long distances in short times. |
Enterprising generals and admirals will always find ways -- very good ways -- to spend more money. |
Everybody agrees that we don't want a security vacuum in Kosovo. |
Everybody now believes that that force is probably too small and that a larger force will be required to go in as a peacekeeping force. |
fairly standard aspect of warfare. |
First of all, consensual sex between an officer and an enlisted person or between a sergeant and a trainee is -- is a violation of good order and discipline. |
Force protection is the job of unit commanders in Bosnia and elsewhere, and they have the authority to take steps that they think are appropriate to match the threat they face. |
Given what we have seen, the active redeployment of (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's) air defenses, the high state of alert, we think he is interested in much more than diplomacy, that he has ulterior motives to moving these around and we need to be prepared. |
He (Cohen) did have tentative plans to go in June, and he has postponed any trip until some later date. |
He anticipated that they would be able to land soon and move through Greece to their posts. |
He delayed for a long while participating in the oil-for-food program, which has actually been one of the hopeful and helpful measures that the U.N. has brought to Iraq, allowing it to import more food in return for the oil it sells, |