DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BRIEFING, MONDAY 10/8/01

RUMSFELD BEGINS BRIEFING BY SAYING THEY ARE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS OF RAIDS ON TALIBAN. AIR DEFENSE SITES LOCATED
AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE ELIMINATED. NOT CERTAIN THAT COMMAND AND
CONTROL SITES WERE ELIMINATED. ADDITIONAL TARGETS WILL BE HIT
TODAY. CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN AIR DROPS TO AFGHAN PEOPLE. EVERY
TARGET WAS MILITARY TARGET. ALL BRITISH, AMERICAN PILOTS RETURNED
SAFELY.

RUMSFELD REITERATES MULTI-FACETED GOAL: "WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL
TERRORIST NETWORKS ARE DESTROYED".

REPORTERS START ASKING QUESTIONS.

REPORTER ASKS ABOUT 4 MILLION HUNGRY PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND
ABOUT LEAFLETS DROPPED TO PEOPLE THAT CANNOT READ. RUMSFELD &
GENERAL MEYERS TELLS OF THE NUMBERS OF RATIONS DROPPED "YESTERDAY
AND TODAY".

GENERAL MYERS SAYS B-1 AND B-2 "STEALTH" BOMBERS WERE IN ACTION
TODAY.

GENERAL MYERS TELLS OF TALIBAN SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES & OTHER
ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS BEING USED BY TALIBAN.

REPORTER ASKS IF ACTION OF THE LAST TWO DAYS HAS STRUCK BIN LADEN IN
ANY WAY. GENERAL MEYERS TELLS OF BIN LADEN TRAINING CAMPS THAT WERE
"TAKEN OUT".

RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION OF HOW MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
INVOLVED IN THE WAR BESIDES BRITAIN AND IN WHAT WAY?

RUMSFELD: "OUR INTEREST ARE THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT
OPPOSE THE TALIBAN"

RUMSFELD TELLS REPORTER HE WOULD NOT SPECULATE ON WHETHER HE WOULD
USE GROUND TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN DOESN'T THINK THE AIR ATTACKS ALONE
WILL DO THE JOB

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRESS BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY 10/17/01

ADMIRAL JOHN STUFFLEBEEM MAKES STATEMENTS ON OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM. SPEAKS OF OPERATIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA, ATTACKS ON TALIBAN
TARGETS THE DAY BEFORE & THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT USED. MAP OF
AFGHANISTAN TITLED: "ENDURING FREEDOM, OCTOBER 16" WITH LOCATIONS AND
TYPES OF TARGETS HIT IS SHOWN. SAYS, "WE DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY
53,000 HUMANITARIAN DAILY RATIONS (HDR)"

REPORTER ASKS IF WE ARE HELPING THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE IN ANY WAY.

ADMIRAL TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AC-130 (GUNSHIP) AIRCRAFT WHICH
PROVIDE "A LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS THAT OTHER AIRCRAFT DON'T SEEM TO
BEAR". ADMIRAL SAYS PILOTS WILL NOT FIRE ON TARGETS AS THEY SEE THEM
BUT ONLY AT TARGETS THEY ARE DIRECTED TO.

REPORTER ASKS ADMIRAL QUESTIONS ABOUT "ENGAGEMENT ZONES".

"WE HAVE ATTACKED ALL OF THE FIXED AIR DEFENSE SITES THAT WE HAVE
FOUND TO DATE."

ADMIRAL EXPLAINS WHY "ENGAGEMENT ZONE DOCTRINE" IS NOW IN PLACE
& WHY NOT BEFORE.

ADMIRAL EXPLAINS WHAT "FLEX TARGETING" MEANS.

TORIE CLARK TAKES PODIUM & ANSWERS QUESTION PERTAINING TO ANTHRAX
& IF ANYONE IN PENTAGON WHO HANDLES MAIL IS BEING TESTED FOR
EXPOSURE.

CLARK RESPONDS TO QUESTION CONCERNING "BOMBING PAUSE". SPEAKS OF
HUMANITARIAN AID IN RELATION TO BOMBING PAUSE.