They tried to warn the vehicle to stop, ... It did not stop. |
This enemy is very, very real, ... And the sacrifices we made, although very dear, are, in fact going to be looked upon by future generations as, again, a great generation of Americans. |
Those targets were attacked by AC-130 gunships and by fighter aircraft from the carriers. And the compound from which they left, the command and control compound from which they left, was also struck, |
To each of the families who have lost a loved one, I don't know how you find the right words to tell them how much we appreciate and respect the sacrifice that they have made, Generations of Americans have made those sacrifices that we could live in freedom, as we do today, |
to what level they were visible or reviewed. |
We are on the ground with them. We are providing airstrikes against targets that our U.S. service members on the ground with the opposition forces are able to identify as proper targets, and we are striking those, |
We do know that one of our planes dropped bombs on that convoy, and that's all we know right now, |
We do not have a plan that specifically says we will be down below 100,000 by the end of 2006. What we have is a plan that allows us to keep what we have today for the foreseeable future and then off-ramps and on-ramps based on conditions on the ground. |
We have been able to concentrate a great deal more of our aviation in support of the opposition forces, |
We made a very thorough analysis of that recommendation, and when we got done all the chiefs agreed with the commanders in the field that the numbers of the troops in the field then, as now, are appropriate to what we were fighting. |
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We're going to do exactly what we said we're going to do, which is make the assessments of situations on the ground. |
We're going to position ourselves militarily to be able to take the appropriate, decisive military action if that's called for, but at the same time trying to create the atmosphere with military forces that will get the people to talk to each other and find a peaceful solution, |
What the secretary said, |
You judge military threat in two ways. There're lots of countries in the world that have the capacity to wage war. Very few have the intent to do so. And clearly, we have a complex but good relationship with China. So there's absolutely no reason for us to believe there's any intent on their part. |