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DOD PRESS BRIEFINGS BY DONALD RUMSFELD AND GENERAL MYERS ON NOVEMBER 1, 2001.
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS TRIP TO MOSCOW AND FOUR OTHER COUNTRIES.
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| 02:03:59 256.9 |
REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD IF THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE THAT TALIBAN OR AL QAEDA HAVE OBTAINED NUCLEAR WEAPONS "KNOW-HOW" FROM PAKISTANI SCIENTISTS WHO HAD TIES WITH AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN BEFORE BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. "WE KNOW THAT PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT IS NOT MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO ALLOW THIS".
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| 02:04:29 286.9 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "WE KNOW THAT AL QAEDA HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS. AN APPETITE FOR ACQUIRING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INCLUDING NUCLEAR".
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| 02:06:39 416.9 |
REPORTER ASKS IF BOMBING OF TALIBAN WAS INITIALLY RESTRAINED FOR POLITICAL REASONS AS REPORTED IN PRESS. RUMSFELD SAYS, "IT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE". GIVES LENGTHY REASONS. GENERAL MYERS ADDS COMMENTS.
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| 02:09:53 610.9 |
CU FACE SHOT TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEWSMEN.
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| 02:11:04 681.9 |
RUMSFELD AND MYERS SPEAKS TO IMPORTANCE OF NEWS BRIEFINGS AS WELL AS SPEAKING TO THE TROOPS AND AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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| 02:14:40 897.9 |
MYERS SPEAKS OF B-52 RAIDS ON TALIBAN. SAYS THEY DON'T DO "CARPET BOMBING" AS IN VIETNAM UNLESS THE TARGET PERMITS IT.
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| 02:15:59 976.9 |
REPORTER ASKS IF U.S. IS SUPPORTING OTHER GROUPS BESIDES NORTHERN ALLIANCE. RUMSFELD GIVES LENGTHY ANSWER.
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| 02:17:05 1042.9 |
MYERS TELLS OF ROLE FOR ARMY RANGERS AND SPECIAL FORCES ON GROUND.
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| 02:18:23 1120.9 |
FEMALE REPORTER ASKS ABOUT ROLE OF "CLUSTER" BOMBS.
MYERS SAYS, "IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT CLUSTER BOMBS ARE THE SAME COLOR AS THE FOOD PACKETS". HE SAYS THEY DROPPED FLYERS SHOWING DIFFERENCE. "COLOR OF FOOD PACKET WILL BE CHANGED". |
| 02:22:24 1361.9 |
REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD WETHER THE U.S. STRUCK A PARTICULAR VILLAGE THAT HAD NO APPARENT MILITARY TARGETS AS REPORTED BY TALIBAN. RUMSFELD SPEAKS TO ACCURACY OF TALIBAN COMMENTS.
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| 02:24:33 1490.9 |
ORIENTAL, CAUCASIAN NEWSMAN LISTENING TO RUMSFELD RESPONSES.
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| 02:25:38 1555.9 |
YOUNG FEMALE REPORTER IN AUDIENCE.
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| 02:29:09 1766.9 |
RUMSFELD TELLS REPORTER, "YOU BEGIN WITH AN ILLOGICAL PREMISE AND PROCEEDING PERFECTLY LOGICALLY TO AN ILLOGICAL CONCLUSION WHICH IS A DANGEROUS THING TO DO". CU FACE SHOTS NEWSMEN.
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| 02:31:44 1921.9 |
MYERS SPEAKS ABOUT ARRAY OF COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING "JOINT STARS". (SATELLITE TRACKING AND RADAR SYSTEMS)
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| 02:32:42 1979.9 |
REPORTER ASKS WHAT IS RUMSFELD'S PURPOSE FOR MISSION TO MOSCOW, GETS VAGUE ANSWER.
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| 02:33:21 2018.9 |
BRIEFINGS END.
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| 02:34:03 2060.9 |
TITLE: "DOD BRIEFINGS": RADM JOHN STUFFLEBEEM, JOINT STAFF", "1:30 PM FRIDAY, 2 NOVEMBER, 2001".
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| 02:34:59 2116.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM TAKES PODIUM MAKES STATEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE PREVIOUS DAY'S BATTLE ASSESSMENTS, GUN CAMERA FILM SHOWING PIN-POINTING AND EXPLODING TARGETS.
AFGHAN MAP TITLED: "ENDURING FREEDOM, NOVEMBER 1" IS SHOWN WITH LOCATIONS OF TARGETS, HUMANITARIAN AID DROPS. |
| 02:37:26 2263.9 |
ABOVE VIEW NEWS MEN, WOMEN, SEATED IN BRIEFING TAKING NOTES, LISTENING.
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| 02:38:09 2306.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM SPEAKS OF SEASONAL WEATHER IN AFGHANISTAN SUPPRESSING GROUND EFFORTS.
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| 02:39:25 2382.9 |
REPORTER ASK ABOUT COST OF WAR. STUFFLEBEEM SAYS HE HAS NO IDEA, BUT, "THE COST IS RIGHT". LAUGHTER.
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| 02:39:49 2406.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM SPEAKS OF SPECIFIC CAVES BEING TARGETED, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE USED BY CIVILIANS.
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| 02:40:39 2456.9 |
REPORTER ASKS IF HELICOPTERS ARE SUPPORTING TRIBAL FORCES IN SOUTH AFGHANISTAN.
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| 02:42:36 2573.9 |
REPORTER ASKS IF STUFFLEBEEM IS AWARE OF TALIBAN PURSUIT OF KARSAI? "NO", SAYS STUFFLEBEEM. HE TELLS OF DIFFICULTY OF GETTING GOOD TARGETING INTELLIGENCE FROM AFGHANS.
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| 02:47:23 2860.9 |
REPORTER ASKS ABOUT OSAMA BIN LADEN SIGHTINGS.
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| 02:48:09 2906.9 |
REPORTER ASKS ABOUT HUMANITARIAN AID GETTING TO AFGHAN PEOPLE.
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| 02:49:05 2962.9 |
REPORTER ASKS IF THERE WOULD BE MASSACRES IF NORTHERN ALLIANCE TAKES OVER AN AREA.
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| 02:49:59 3016.9 |
REPORTER ASKS IF WINTER CLOTHING, BLANKETS WILL BE SUPPLIED TO NORTHERN ALLIANCE TROOPS. "THAT IS OUR INTENTION", SAYS STUFFLEBEEM. NEWSMEN, WOMEN TAKING NOTES.
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| 02:50:59 3076.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM SPEAKS OF "J-STARS" AND "GLOBAL HAWK".
(COMMUNICATIONS) |
| 02:52:42 3179.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM SAYS, "WE ARE TIGHTENING THE NOOSE, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM"
(OSAMA BIN LADEN). |
| 02:54:18 3275.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM SAYS THE TALIBAN IS HAVING DIFFICULTY IN RESUPPLYING AND RE-ENFORCEMENT IN NORTH.
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| 02:57:49 3486.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM SAYS CULTURAL CONSIDERATION IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE COLOR HUMANITARIAN FOOD PACKAGES BEING DROPPED WILL BE. "SOME COLORS MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME PEOPLE".
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| 02:58:49 3546.9 |
STUFFLEBEEM DESCRIBES "GLOBAL HAWK" AS, "A LONG RANGE, HIGH ALTITUDE VEHICLE".
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| 03:00:38 3655.9 |
END.
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