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DOD BRIEFINGS ON NOVEMBER 15, 2001 BY DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENCE AND GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS, CINC, CENTCOM. ALSO DOD BRIEFINGS 11/30/01 AND 12/4/01 WITH DONALD RUMSFELD, GENERAL MYERS AND MARINE GENERAL PACE.
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| 01:08:10 70 |
GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS RESPONDING TO FEMALE REPORTER, SAYS 60, 70% (OF AFGHANISTAN) IS UNDER OPPOSITION (TO TALIBAN) CONTROL
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| 01:10:06 186 |
NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD IF ANY TALIBAN ARE, "CUTTING DEALS" WHEN DEFECTING.
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| 01:10:45 225 |
RUMSFELD LAUGHS HEARTILY TO REPORTERS QUESTION.
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| 01:11:44 284 |
FEMALE NEWSMAN ASKS ABOUT U.S. PEACE-KEEPING FORCE.
RUMSFELD RESPONDS, "HIGHLY UNLIKELY |
| 01:13:00 360 |
NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD IF HE SEES A "PEACE DIVIDEND"
ON THE HORIZON. RUMSFELD SMILES BROADLY, SAYS "PEACE DIVIDEND, I'VE HEARD THAT". |
| 01:13:50 410 |
FEMALE REPORTER ASKS ABOUT EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR "COMMISSION TO TRY TERRORISTS" AND WHAT ROLE HE, MILITARY, WILL PLAY? RUMSFELD SPEAKS IN DEPTH ON SUBJECT.
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| 01:18:22 682 |
RUMSFELD TAKES EXCEPTION TO THE NEWSMAN SAYING HE HAD "DECLARED WAR" ON CONGRESS CONCERNING THE BASE AUTHORIZATION BILL. HE SPEAKS OF WHAT HE REQUESTED.
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| 01:20:22 802 |
GENERAL FRANKS TELLS REPORTER CENT-COM HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD WHO TO BOMB AND WHEN TO BOMB FOR POLITICAL REASONS. RUMSFELD SAYS LAUGHINGLY, "THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BOMB".
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| 01:20:56 836 |
FRANKS SAYS HE HAS A POLITICAL ADVISOR WHICH FACILITATES 24 HOUR A DAY DIALOG WITH STATE DEPARTMENT.
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| 01:21:38 878 |
RUMSFELD IS ASKED BY FEMALE REPORTER IF GENERAL FRANKS BEING IN TOWN MEANS A CHANGE OF STRATEGY? HE SAYS "NO", IT WAS ARRANGED A WEEK AGO.
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| 01:27:27 1227 |
"DOD BRIEFING": "DONALD RUMSFELD, GENERAL PACE, 12/4/01. PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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| 01:27:46 1246 |
RUMSFELD OPENS MEETING WITH STATEMENT THAT NUMBER OF U.S. FORCES IN NORTH AND SOUTH (AFGHANISTAN) HAVE INCREASED, INCLUDING MARINES AROUND KANDAHAR AND MAZAR I SHARIF.
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| 01:28:12 1272 |
RUMSFELD TELLS OF OUR OBJECTIVE IS "TO PUT PRESSURE ON TALIBAN IN VARIETY OF WAYS". "THEY ARE NO LONGER A VIABLE FORCE AND CAN NO LONGER TERRORIZE PEOPLE"
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| 01:29:00 1320 |
"TALIBAN CAN NO LONGER FREELY MOVE AROUND THE COUNTRY". ABOVE VIEW OF PRESS TAKING NOTES AS RUMSFELD SPEAKS.
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| 01:29:49 1369 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF CASUALTIES "STRENGTHENING OUR RESOLVE". HE SPEAKS OF CIA AGENT MIKE SPAHN BEING KILLED. SPEAKS OF THE "HERO". SPEAKS OF POSSIBLE "OTHER DOWNTURNS", TROOPS "CAPTURED OR KILLED"
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| 01:31:33 1473 |
GENERAL PACE TAKES PODIUM, GIVES BATTLE ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AS WELL AS "COMMANDER SOLO" PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS. FEMALE REPORTERS LISTENING, TAKING NOTES.
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| 01:33:00 1560 |
RUMSFELD SAYS U.S. CONTINUES TO SEEK OUT, INTERROGATE, SENIOR AL QAEDA, TALIBAN LEADERS. WHO ARE IN CUSTODY".
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| 01:34:00 1620 |
REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD IF A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY PRESIDENT TO CONDUCT MILITARY TRIALS? HE RESPONDS IN DEPTH. FACE SHOT TWO NEWSMEN. HE SPEAKS TO QUESTION OF JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
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| 01:38:25 1885 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "OF THIS MOMENT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT TAKEN CUSTODY (OF SENIOR TALIBAN OR AL QAEDA OFFICIAL)".
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| 01:39:47 1967 |
REPORTER ASKS TO CONTINUE ON SUBJECT OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS. RUMSFELD RESPONDS.
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| 01:40:22 2002 |
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE HAIRED NEWSMAN AND OTHERS TAKE NOTES.
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| 01:43:27 2187 |
FEMALE REPORTER ASKS PERSISTENT QUESTIONS AS TO THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE IN TAKING CUSTODY OF TALIBAN OR AL QAEDA LEADERS THAT MAY BE IN HANDS OF THE OPPOSITION FORCES.
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| 01:45:29 2309 |
RUMSFELD SAYS WE WILL NOT PROVIDE OMAR SAFE PASSAGE IF HE SURRENDERS KANDAHAR.
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| 01:46:30 2370 |
RUMSFELD GIVES IN DEPTH REPLY TO QUESTIONS OF PEACE-
KEEPING FORCE AND PROBLEMS EXPECTED. |
| 01:50:50 2630 |
RUMSFELD REFERS TO WALL MAP AS HE SPEAKS OF PEACE KEEPING FORCE AND GETTING HUMANITARIAN AID THROUGH VARIOUS AREAS.
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| 01:51:28 2668 |
REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD WHY HE THINKS DANGER TO U.S.
FORCES WILL BE INCREASING? HE GIVES LENGTHY REPLY |
| 01:53:10 2770 |
REPORTER ASKS HOW WE KNOW WHO ARE IN THE CAVES WHEN WE GO AFTER THEM. "WE DON'T" REPLIES RUMSFELD. MEN WOMEN PRESS LISTENING TO REPLY.
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| 01:59:47 3167 |
REPORTER ASKS IF RUMSFELD HAS SEEN A SPLIT OR CHANGED BEHAVIOR BETWEEN OMAR AND OSAMA BIN LADEN? RUMSFELD SAYS HE HASN'T SEEN ANY TIMIDITY FROM EITHER ONE OF THEM.
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| 02:02:08 3308 |
RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO REPORTS BY CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS THAT TALIBAN PRISONERS WERE MISTREATED IN MAZAR I SHARIF WAS TAKEN.
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| 02:02:21 3321 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF PRISON UPRISING WHERE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA PRISONERS AT MAZAR I SHARIF PUT UP FIERCE BATTLE BEFORE BEING OVER-POWERED AND WHERE CIA AGENT WAS KILLED.
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| 02:03:43 3403 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "IT MIGHT BE SAID, AND I WOULDN'T SAY IT (LAUGHTER), THAT PUTTING DOWN A PRISON UPRISING IN ONE LOCATION MAY DISSUADE A RIOT IN ANOTHER".
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| 02:07:14 3614 |
NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD IF HE SUPPORTS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S CALL FOR AN INQUIRY INTO PRISON UPRISING AT MAZAR I SHARIF?
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| 02:08:55 3715 |
BRIEFING ENDS.
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| 02:11:44 3884 |
TITLE: "DOD BRIEFING": "HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CJSC, 1:00 PM, TUESDAY, 4 DECEMBER, 2001".
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| 02:12:15 3915 |
RUMSFELD AND MYERS TAKE PODIUM, RUMSFELD MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT CAMPAIGN IN AFGHANISTAN. SAYS PRESSURE ON TALIBAN CONTINUES. SAYS TALIBAN HAVE KILLED FELLOW TALIBAN WHO WISH TO SURRENDER.
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| 02:14:06 4026 |
RUMSFELD: "AS WE MOVE FROM CITIES TO SEARCHING CAVES, AMERICAN FORCES WILL BE PROPORTIONATELY AT RISK".
NEWSMEN, WOMEN TAKING NOTES AS RUMSFELD BRIEFS THEM. POV PODIUM |
| 02:14:33 4053 |
RUMSFELD QUOTES NEWS HEADLINE, "PENTAGON AVOIDS SUBJECT OF CIVILIAN DEATHS". "THE SHORT ANSWER IS, THAT IS SIMPLY NOT SO", GIVES REASONS.
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| 02:15:00 4080 |
RUMSFELD QUOTES SEVERAL NEWS REPORTS WHICH TELL OF NUMBERS OF DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN RANGING FROM 18,000 TO 3000. AFTER THREE MONTHS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY DIED AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, HE SAYS. HE TELLS OF WORLD CLASS LIARS IN AFGHANISTAN.
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| 02:17:30 4230 |
RUMSFELD: "WE DO NOT MAKE CLAIMS THAT ARE NOT BACKED UP WITH FACTS, AND WE WISH OTHERS WILL DO THE SAME".
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| 02:17:54 4254 |
GENERAL MYERS TAKES PODIUM GIVES BATTLE ASSESSMENTS.
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| 02:18:30 4290 |
*BRIEFING CONTINUES ON VM-2508
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