an adversary that continues to develop some sophistication on very deadly and increasingly precise standoff weapons. |
but there just has been no decisions made. |
Decisions were made then that seemed appropriate at the time. And now the Iraqi government is making decisions that seem appropriate to this point. |
For the next election, I wouldn't be surprised to see it go right back up to 160,000 based on puts and takes and in-place rotations and relief, and everything else, |
For the next election, I wouldn't be surprised to see it go right back up to 160,000 based on puts and takes and in-place rotations and relief, and everything else. |
Generally speaking, as is true anywhere, if these kinds of lawsuits take place with American servicemen in the cross-hairs, you bet it's something we take seriously, |
I think every government in the world, particularly a NATO ally, understands the potential effect on relations with the United States if these kinds of frivolous lawsuits were ever to see the light of day. |
I think one of the principle lessons is that in a disaster of a certain scale, there is no other department of government that can provide the resources and the planning and the advanced thinking than this department, |
I would expect fully that he will come back and give an assessment of where he thinks he is. I don't know, I simply don't, whether that will include his recommendation on the way ahead. |
If we're asked not to proceed, or ordered not to proceed, then we won't. That's the plan. |
It is accurate and should not be surprising that the Department of Defense is attempting to improve its long-standing human intelligence capability. |
It is likely we will get down to the baseline after the election, |
It's not known, to the best of my understanding. |
It's still classified, ... along with a lot of the underlying planning. |
The demands of the global war on terror necessitate a framework by which military forces and traditional human intelligence work more closely together and in greater numbers than they have in the past, |