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Okay , well , thank you for talking

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with us . I just have a couple

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questions for you . Um first of all ,

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uh we're running a bunch of stories

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tonight about Iraq and we wanted to

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know , um , you know , with Bush

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calling for more troops , what does

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that mean for ? What a troop ?

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Um can you say your question again ? I

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missed the very first part of it was a

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little bit garbled . Sure .

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Um with Bush calling for more troops

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to be deployed , um what does that mean

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for hawaii ? True , do you think ? Um

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yeah , it's a good question for our

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troops that are forward deployed here

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in Iraq . From the 25th Infantry

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Division , there in Hawaii . You know ,

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our mission will continue to march and

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stay the same . Uh We're continuing to

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train the Iraqi security forces , the

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Iraqi police and Iraqi Army providing

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security here in the northern provinces

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of Iraq . So if our commander in Chief

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decides to increase the current troop

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levels , uh to something higher than

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they are now or remain the same , our

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mission here will continue . Yeah ,

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well , thanks . Um what in

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your opinion , what do you think is the

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best strategy ? Well , are the

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current strategy that we are on from

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the 25th Infantry Division is

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multinational division . North is to

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sustain our current mission of

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training uh those security forces . Of

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the four Iraqi Army divisions that are

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here in multinational division North

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and the 70 plus 1000 Iraqi police

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forces that are also in the seven

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provinces where we're currently located .

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We clearly have a tough , demanding

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mission at present that's going to

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continue for the strategy , the

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emissions that we have been directed to

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execute . Okay . And um ,

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lastly , how are things over there ,

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how our troops doing and you know , I

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know it's scary with hearing about new

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deaths every day . How is everyone

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dealing with that now ? It's a great

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question . I'll tell you you and all of

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our uh , great Ohana there in Hawaii

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would be so incredibly proud of all of

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the soldiers , not just those from the

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25th Infantry Division , but of course ,

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as you know , we have uh , sailors from

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pac fleet , Maka Laka , we've got

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marines from Kanye . Uh , we've got our

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airmen , their pack pack ,

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uh , air forces there in

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Hawaii . So it truly is a joint

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team effort from uh , those uh forward

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deployed soldiers from Oahu and

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overall in Hawaii , it's hard ,

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certainly tough mission every day

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we're against a demanding , dangerous

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and determined adversary . Uh , but it

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is comforting for all of us deployed

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knowing that back there are families

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are well taken care of you in the

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community and the local churches , uh ,

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support groups , uh , family readiness

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groups are providing the love and

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prayers for us that are here in Iraq

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really means a great deal to us . Uh ,

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knowing that our loved ones are being

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looked after watched after , uh , and

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help . Thanks . Okay ,

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thank you . Well , we just wanted to

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say KGB , which is you and all the rest

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on the best and a merry christmas and

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says hello . Well thanks

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very much to K G M . B . And your great

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station providing us the opportunity to

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talk to our Hawaii , johanna back there

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on Oahu . And from all of

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us forward deployed uh to you .

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Uh really colicky Mca and

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Mahalo . Okay . Mhm .

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Yeah . Actually lost the oldest

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Sebastian director . Right ?

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Oh sorry , we

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lost audio . Could you repeat that

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again ? Um ,

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I missed your last

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question .

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Can you uh , we lost audio on

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while during your last question . Can

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you just repeat what you said ? Um

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Yeah , just to , to say again . Our

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thanks uh from all of us here forward

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deployed to you uh , back on Oahu .

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We have a huge joint team just

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under 20,000 of our great soldiers from

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scofield barracks there uh , on the

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25th Infantry Division , our task force

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lightning , but also our airmen from

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there at Hickam uh the great

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sailors from Maka Laka there and pay

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common packed fleet and our great

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marines from Kanye , We all of us

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forward deployed are truly one Ohana

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and we think of all of our families and

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thankful for your support , the

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communities , the church's veterans

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groups are family readiness groups

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there in Hawaii that continue to take

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care of our families and our

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Children back on the island . So from

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all of us it is hard , it's tough being

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away from our loved ones during a

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holiday season uh during this conflict ,

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but thanks to you for for what you do

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both k g M . B , uh , and the other

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support and institutions back there on

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a half . So from all of us to you , uh ,

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really colicky , Mca and Mahalo and how

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thank you , sir , Be safe . We

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will thank you .