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*NOTE:DOD PRESS BRIEFINGS OF 1/16/02, BY DONALD RUMSFELD AND GENERAL MYERS CONTINUED FROM VM-2616 AND DOD BRIEFINGS FOR 1/22/02.
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| 04:13:55 278 |
RUMSFELD IS ASKED ABOUT DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS BY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. HE TELLS OF HIS VIEWS. SAYS HE THINKS IT IS DUMB TO STILL HAVE FORCES IN THE SINAI (DESERT), EGYPT, AFTER 22 YEARS. TALKS ABOUT THE BOSNIA SITUATION.
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| 04:15:55 398 |
RUMSFELD SAYS WE DON'T WANT TO "STAY A LIFETIME IN THESE PLACES".
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| 04:17:13 476 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU SAY WE HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS, POINTS TO NEWSMAN, "YOU'RE FIRST!"
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| 04:18:31 554 |
RUMSFELD IS ASKED IF JOHN WALKER (AMERICAN TALIBAN)
IS STILL ON THE WARSHIP BATAAN? HE RESPONDS. |
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| 04:21:25 728 |
TITLE: "DOD BRIEFING"; HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GENERAL PETER PACE, VCJS".
11:00 AM, MONDAY, 22 JANUARY, 2002. |
| 04:21:46 749 |
RUMSFELD OPENS BRIEFING BY EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES OF TOP MARINES KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN AND TO THEIR FIVE INJURED COMRADES.
EXPRESSES DEEP APPRECIATION FOR SACRIFICES MADE BY THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE APPRECIATED". |
| 04:22:28 791 |
ABOVE VIEW OF RUMSFELD AND PACE AT PODIUM AND NEWSMEN, WOMEN, BACKS TO CAMERA, ALL BEGIN TO TAKE NOTES WHEN RUMSFELD TALKS ABOUT "DETAINEE SITUATION AT GUANTANAMO BAY (CUBA) AND TRY TO PUT PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUBJECT" HE SPEAKS ABOUT THEIR TREATMENT.
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| 04:24:39 922 |
RUMSFELD SAYS THE STATEMENTS ON TELEVISION AND OTHER MEDIA ARE MADE BY "PEOPLE WHO ARE MISINFORMED, UNINFORMED OR POORLY INFORMED". (ABOUT MISTREATMENT OF DETAINEES).
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| 04:24:55 938 |
RUMSFELD TALKS ABOUT FACILITIES ON GUANTANAMO BAY WHICH WILL BE REPLACED IN MONTHS AHEAD WITH A "MORE PERMANENT FACILITY". HE SAYS THE DETAINEES HAVE PRAYER MATS AND RIGHT TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION AND AMONG OTHER AMENITIES.
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| 04:26:42 1045 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS ABOUT REVOLT OF PRISONERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AS HE EQUATES IT TO DANGER OF THE DETAINEES IN GUANTANAMO.
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| 04:29:39 1222 |
IN RESPONSE TO NEWSMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT CHARGES OF PRISONER MISTREATMENT, RUMSFELD SAYS IT IS "UTTER NONSENSE". CU VETERAN NEWSMAN ASKS QUESTION ABOUT NEW FACILITY.
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| 04:30:59 1302 |
RUMSFELD IS ASKED, "WHY NOT CALL THEM PRISONERS OF WAR?" HE GIVES LENGTHY, TECHNICAL REPLY QUOTING GENEVA CONVENTION REGULATIONS.
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| 04:34:29 1512 |
"THE QUICK, KNEE JERK ANSWER TO THESE THINGS I THINK IS A DANGEROUS ONE".
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| 04:34:49 1532 |
NEWSMAN ASKS, WHEN IS THE U.S. GOING TO ACCUSE THEM (DETAINEES) OF SOMETHING, SPECIFY SOMETHING?"
RUMSFELD REPLIES. |
| 04:36:47 1650 |
RUMSFELD TELLS REPORTERS HE IS GOING TO STAY HERE AND ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DETAINEES AS I CAN.
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| 04:37:03 1666 |
NEWSWOMAN: "IS JOHN WALKER BEING TREATED LIKE OTHER DETAINEES? RUMSFELD, "YES". REPORTER TESTS RUMSFELD PATIENCE, HE GIVES TERSE REPLY.
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| 04:38:21 1744 |
NEWSMAN TELLS OF DEBATE IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT ABOUT PREFERRED HANDLING OF JOHN WALKER BY U.S. RUMSFELD TAKES EXCEPTION AND SAYS SO. HE SARCASTICALLY SAYS, "IT'S AMAZING WHAT INSIGHT THE PARLIAMENTARIANS HAVE FROM 5000 MILES AWAY".
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| 04:42:50 2013 |
NEWSMAN JIM MIKLASZEWSKI ASKS RUMSFELD, "UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY DID THE U.S. MILITARY HAVE TO TAKE THOSE 6 INDIVIDUALS (ALGERIANS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN BOSNIA)
AND TRANSPORT THEM TO GUANTANAMO?" "WHICH IS USUALLY DONE BY CIVILIAN AUTHORITY". |
| 04:50:15 2458 |
FEMALE REPORTER KEEPS PRESSING RUMSFELD ABOUT DETAINEES AND SHE MENTIONS THAT HE IS GETTING "ANNOYED" AT THE PERSISTENCE OF THE QUESTIONING. "HOW DO YOU TO PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY BEING JAILERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED?"
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| 04:51:55 2558 |
RUMSFELD SAYS, "THEY ARE QUESTIONS FOR LAWYERS".
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| 04:53:16 2639 |
NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD, "YOU SAY YOU ARE GATHERING INTELLIGENCE". "HOW FAR CAN YOU TAKE THAT?"
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| 04:58:25 2948 |
GOOD VIEW OF RUMSFELD AND GENERAL PACE ON PODIUM FACING REPORTERS, BACKS OF HEADS TO CAMERA AS BOTH SPEAK OF LOSS OF HELICOPTERS AND FIGHTER PLANES BY ACCIDENT OF FROM STRESS AND STRAIN, RELATIVE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS ON THE FORCES
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| 05:03:08 3231 |
NEWSMAN ASKS ABOUT KURDS AND TRIBES COMING TOGETHER AND POSSIBLE CIVIL WAR BREAKING OUT BETWEEN FACTIONS.
FACE SHOT NEWSMAN WITH GOATEE LISTENING TO RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF THE PROBLEMS FACED BY NEW GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. |
| 05:06:35 3438 |
FEMALE REPORTER AGAIN ASKS IF THERE IS A BENEFICIAL REASON ON THE PART OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DETAINEES NOT BEING CHARGED.
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| 05:10:45 3688 |
RUMSFELD DESCRIBES HOW THE NEW JAIL FACILITY IN GUANTANAMO WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN FINISHED.
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| 05:13:00 3823 |
RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF THE MILITARY TRIBUNALS.
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| 05:14:09 3892 |
END.
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