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"DOD BRIEFING": "HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND GENERAL MYERS, CJCS". 12:00 PM MONDAY, 29 OCTOBER, 2001. 22ND DAY OF "ENDURING FREEDOM". ALSO BRIEFINGS ON NOVEMBER 1, 2001 BY BOTH MEN.
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RUMSFELD, MYERS TAKE PODIUM, RUMSFELD BEGINS BRIEFINGS REITERATES GOAL. SPEAKS OF UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. ADMITS TO UNINTENDED COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. "LETS BE CLEAR, "NO NATION IN HUMAN HISTORY HAS DONE MORE TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AS THE U.S.".
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| 01:03:36 223 |
UNIDENTIFIED BALD, HEAVYWEIGHT NEWSMAN, OTHERS TAKE NOTES AS RUMSFELD MAKES MISSION STATEMENTS.
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| 01:05:06 313 |
GENERAL MYERS TAKES PODIUM GIVES BATTLE ASSESSMENTS, SHOWS MAP OF AFGHANISTAN TITLED: "ENDURING FREEDOM", OCTOBER 28, SHOWING AREAS TARGETED. TELLS OF APPROACHING ONE MILLION MARK IN TERMS OF HUMANITARIAN AID DROPPED. SHOWS BEFORE, AFTER PHOTOS OF TARGETED MILITARY AREAS NEAR KABUL, AS WELL AS GUN CAMERA CLIPS OF TARGETS, PIN-POINTED, EXPLODING, NEAR MAZAR I SHARIF.
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| 01:09:05 552 |
REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD OF REPORTS THAT U.S. MILITARY WERE CAPTURED BY TALIBAN. RUMSFELD SAYS THERE WERE NOT.
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| 01:11:00 667 |
RUMSFELD DISAGREES TO SPECULATION BY MILITARY "EXPERTS" REMARKS THAT THE AIR CAMPAIGN IS NOT SUCCESSFUL. RESPONDS IN DEPTH. GENERAL MYERS SAYS "WE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON OUR PLAN"
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| 01:14:00 847 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "THERE IS AN APPETITE ON THE PART OF THE MEDIA AND PRESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MEET A 24 HOUR NEWS SCHEDULE". "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND HAVE THE PATIENCE". "I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING IT WOULD BE A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT"
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| 01:15:28 935 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "IT IS SOMETHING AKIN TO DRAINING THE SWAMP, THAN SOME SORT OF MASS LAND BATTLE, AIR BATTLE"
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| 01:16:15 982 |
NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD, "IF THE MORE YOU "DRAIN THE SWAMP", THE MORE YOU CREATE NEW RECRUITS FOR AL QAEDA, TALIBAN?"
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| 01:17:30 1057 |
REPORTER ASKS IF ANY LEADERS OF TALIBAN OR AL QAEDA HAVE BEEN KILLED?
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| 01:19:27 1174 |
GENERAL MYERS RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING RED CROSS BUILDING BEING HIT.
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| 01:22:28 1355 |
FEMALE REPORTER ASKS IF "WE ARE RULING OUT LARGE DEPLOYMENT OF FORCES ON GROUND AS IN DESERT STORM?"
MYERS SAYS "WE ARE NOT RULING OUT ANYTHING" |
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REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD ABOUT PHILIPPINES BATTLES WITH THEIR TERRORISTS, AND TO WHAT EXTENT THE U.S. IS INVOLVED WITH THAT OPERATION? RUMSFELD GIVES EVASIVE ANSWER TO QUESTION OF OUR INVOLVEMENT ON GROUND BOTH IN PHILIPPINES AND IN AFGHANISTAN.
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| 01:27:40 1667 |
RUMSFELD ANSWERS QUESTION CONCERNING THE WAR AND RAMADAM HOLY DAYS."NEEDLESS TO SAY THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA ARE UNLIKELY TO TAKE A HOLIDAY".
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| 01:29:40 1787 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS ABOUT TERRORISM.
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| 01:34:07 2054 |
REPORTER ASKS ABOUT THE "DISCOMFORT" BY SAUDIA ARABIA, EGYPT, PAKISTAN TO THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TALIBAN. RUMSFELD: "WE DO LISTEN TO FRIENDS AND THEIR CONCERNS".
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| 01:35:45 2152 |
REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD IF MISSILE TESTS WERE DELAYED BECAUSE CONCERNS OF "ABM TREATY". GIVES LENGTHY ANSWER.
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| 01:38:20 2307 |
RUMSFELD ENDS BRIEFING.
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| 01:39:54 2401 |
TITLE: 'DOD BRIEFINGS" - "HON. DONALD RUMSFELD SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND GENERAL MYERS, CJSC". 12:00 PM THURSDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2001". RUMSFELD OPENS BRIEFINGS ABOUT SPEED OF PROGRESS AND PATIENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. "IN THREE SHORT WEEKS COALITION FORCES HAVE FLOWN OVER 2000 SORTIES, WE HAVE DELIVERED AN AMAZING ONE MILLION, THIRTY THOUSAND HUMANITARIAN RATIONS TO STARVING AFGHAN PEOPLE"
"IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 'THE SMOKE IS STILL RISING FROM THE RUINS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER", "IT SEEMS TO ME THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WELL". |
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RUMSFELD COMPARES THE TIME IT TOOK US TO RESPOND TO ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR IN 1941 AND OTHER EVENTS IN WWII, TO THE ALMOST IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO 9-11.
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| 01:43:43 2630 |
RUMSFELD REITERATES HIS GOALS HE PUT OUT ON OCTOBER 7TH. "THREE WEEKS AND THREE DAYS, NOT THREE MONTHS, NOT THREE YEARS, AND WE HAVE MADE MEASURABLE PROGRESS". RUMSFELD SAYS THE TERRORISTS MAY HAVE SPENT TWO YEARS PLANNING THE 9-11 ATTACKS.
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| 01:45:43 2750 |
RUMSFELD: "I THINK UNDERESTIMATING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS A BIG MISTAKE".
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| 01:46:31 2798 |
GENERAL MYERS GIVES BATTLE ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDES SHOWING MAP OF AFGHANISTAN TITLED "ENDURING FREEDOM, OCTOBER 31", AS WELL AS GUN CAMERA FILM SHOWING PIN-
POINT DESTRUCTION OF CAVE COMPLEXES. |
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