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Brigadier General Jacking and tim joins

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us now live from Qatar Afghanistan ,

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courtesy of the U . S . Central Command

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this morning . And just to warn you

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there is a satellite delay because we

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are talking to him via satellite in

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Afghanistan . General this morning . We

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are hearing new claims from Al Qaeda

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leaders in Iraq , but they won't stop

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until they've blown up the White House

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and killed even more american soldiers .

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How much progress we only have been

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made since we started this ? Well ,

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good morning , Sarah , Good morning .

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Dallas is great to be with you today .

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Uh , I taught that

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uh things that the al Qaeda has

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been trying to say and that's I think

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what we've been trying to tell the

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american people for a long time now

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that the center for this war on on

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terrorism centers over over here right

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now in Afghanistan and Iraq because as

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they say , if we leave them alone here ,

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their intent and desire is to go

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forward and to go to the United States

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and the return to a 911 scenario in new

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york city or Washington D . C . As

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they're talking about there , we've

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made a lot of progress here in in Iraq

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against the al Qaeda and associated

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elements And that insurgency has been

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dwindling down and dwindling down . But

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they're so desperate at this point that

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they're taking their so called Holy war

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and there's nothing holy about it . To

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be perfectly honest with you and that

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they're killing women and Children

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indiscriminately as they tried to

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foment sectarian violence , which is

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what is increasingly the amount of

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conflict that we see in Iraq right now

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and that is the part we're working I

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think very closely with the Iraqi

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government to solve general . I think

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the biggest question the americans have

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now , how has the shift in power in

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Congress and specifically the

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resignation of Donald Rumsfeld ? How is

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it affecting the truth ? Well , we

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joined with the President uh , and our

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and

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thanking Secretary Rumsfeld for his

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wonderful service orientation . The

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fact that that changes , it doesn't

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change what we do and that's the beauty

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without our american system is things

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change . His power shifts is

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fluctuations take place . We continue

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on doing the job we've been given to do .

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We still report until until dr Gates is

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confirmed . We still report the

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Secretary Rumsfeld and onto the

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President United States . We're going

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about the mission of fighting this ,

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this uh this enemy that is uh inflicted

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such terror upon the world . General .

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Thank you so much for making contract

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this morning . We certainly appreciate

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it . So glad to be with you on this

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wonderful veterans today . We're so

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grateful to all those have done before

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to make our lives the way and the

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freedoms that we enjoy and our thoughts

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and love and appreciation go out to all

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veterans throughout the world before us

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and that are currently serving . Thank

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you so much for the opportunity to be

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with you today . Okay , thank you this

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morning . Thank you