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ThinkTanks (Militan Andvsh)Edwin J. Fculner, President, Heritage FoundMionEd Meese 111, Ronald Reagan Dittin pish ed Fellow in Public Policy andChairman,Center for Legaland Judicial StudiesCliffordMay, resident, Foundation for th e Defenseof DemocraciesAndrewMcCarthy, Foundation for the Defenseof DemocraciesFrank Gaffhey, Center forSecurity PolicyJohn O'Sullivan. Hudson InsrituteAnne Boyefsky, Hudson InsiiMcDaniellePlelka. American EntCTpriselnsliMeMichael Rubin, AE1Fred Kagan,AElDavid F m EIHeatherMacDonald, ManhattanInstitutePrintMediiFredBanes. WceUy StandardBill Krislol, Weekly Sanda rdCharles Krauthammer, Weekly StandardBenny Ami. NewYork SunMax Boot, Los Angeles TimesAnn Coultcr, Human EventsJohn Fund, Wall Street JournalClaudiaRosett.Wall Streel JournalOnlineDaniel llc m pe r. Wall S u m ournalRob Po1li.i.k Wall Streel JoumalJames Taranlo.Wall Stree JournalRowan Scarborough, WashinglonTimesCal Thomas,Washington TimesMark Slew, Frah nc eRich Lowry.NationalReviewKate O'Bcime, National ReviewJay Nordlinger. Nationa l P-eview

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F r n :Sent: Laher, Matthew Mr OSO PTo: Thursday. August 03,2006Smith.Doframe HONOSDRangel, Robert S, CIV, OS D ES OSD PA: Ruff. Eric. SES, OSn:Sutiact: BaObm Again SD PAMtpIMww realcleatpoliticsoom/btog/2006/08/there-tneyao.agalnJed.babtiin htmlAugust03,2006There They GoAgain - Jed BabbinIt's fascinatine how themfiirst contrives a sm rvac d then its herd mentalitv takes overand runs with it.h v ~ i n et to the skies recardless of the truth The atest exercisebcmn ~ e d n e s d a vfternoon at DefenseSecretary Don Rurasfcla's press conference Aher someone from Rcuten first powd the question, C W sBaib-in Stein- asked it again why Mr Rumsfeta turned dow n* Senate Anncd ServicesCommittee request totestify at a special hearing on Iraq on Tl iursdq Rum sfdd an-a that becausehe w a ~ m a k i n gimselfm l n n lc to the whole senate answering qu estm mo n the VMU that samem orning he'd d e m i nhat hecouldn 't do both It went 8.i down hill fmrn there becameme Dems know the earlier session 1'1urschv won't behcforc the w i .aiiwa*. They want bread and circuses, no t ar-swerso questionsLolna Balder, an AP reporler, wrote a breathless piece inwhich she said Rumsfcld's action was, "...raising anew furor on Capitol Hill over the ttirce-year-old conflict." The furor is limited in her story to a cheat-deepharrumph from Sen. Kennedy ("America is in d eep trouble in Iraq, yet S e c m w Rumsicid refuses toexplainanddefend his policies in full public view tomorrow ") and a nice letter from Hiliary asking Mr. Rumsfeld tochange his mind. NoRep ublicans -not even John Wamcrwho ould easily beconfused for a Dem -werequoted,From here, t's going to follow the usual pattern. TheNew York Times will have a Do ug JchI story about howRumfeld i s hiding from the devastating questions he'd face (the secret ist of which wili appear in Jehl's story).That wili precede MoDo's Sunday vespers session about why we need a female SecDef), Chris M att he w willhave Sen. Dodd on to say thatthe Pen tagonis an Augean Stable that needs o be flushed out. WaPo sDanaMilbaok will have a front page above-the-fold piece on Senate Denis* outrage and Katie Counc will beoverheard on a shuttle flight shouting intoher cell phone about how sh e needs to get on the air early to makesure this story is treated with the seriousness it deserves. And while all this m edia talent was spinning up it smacrodander, Rumsfeld decided to show u p afier all. He's ust m ischevious enough to do tha t just to see th emedia continueto spin.) But how d o stories like this get concocted?The answer isn't available fromAP 1 called night bureauchief Robert Glass who, when I a s M him about it,sounded as calm as I

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Gents: This is a very odd time.And the Lebanese part of it is the oddest. What say you? Best, JedRealCiearPolilics- Articles - The SinioraSyndrome

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From. ~ ( 6 ) - IOSD PASent Tuesday. August 01 2006 2-25 PUTo Ruff Erc. SES OS DSuqect Army a4 teFYI, found this on Yahoo news. sending it to you for prep for SecDef presser tomorrow.US army 'degraded' by Iraq deployments: defense experts

A group of prminenc US defense and national security experts sounded an alarm about theitrain on os combat forces of lengthy deploywence to ~ r a q . aying the problem has reachedcrism levels.The National Security Advisory Group, chaired by Eomer Secretary of Defense William J~e rr y, lleged in a letter to top congressional -rats that the US administratioi4sinderfundmg of the army repreaenea "a aerioua failure of civilian acewardahxp of themilitary.".--thirds of the army's operating force, active and r e t r v a , ie now reporting in asunready." the group wrote in their letter to lawmakers.There is not a single non-deployed Army Brigade Conbat Team in the United States that isready to deploy.=he letter continird: he bottcua line is that our army currently has no ready, sttatcgicr e . o tines the vietnam era and its aftermath has the Army's readiness been sodegraded:Keitibera of the group -pi-ioc a Hho-s i*ho of "der~l.c-to-liberal olitical thought in *hunited statet, including forre- secretary of state ~adeleine lbright, ormer natioirly d 1 sandy. ~ e r g e r , etired joint Chiefs of Staff chairman JohnShalikashvili, and retired four-star general and fmer presidential contender WesleyClark.copyright 0 2006 Agence France Prease

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Israel is getting the same treatment from the pressthat the president does. They need some hardand fast lessons about doing media briefs.The American Spectator

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FIRST REACTION T O PRESIDENT BUSHPM AL-MALIKl 'S COMMENTSAs ofJu ly 25,4:00 PM

that President Bush did not address how sen diea ddit iona l U S. troons to Baohdad would affecttroop reduction plans for later this year with A+ reporting that he "sidestepped" the question.Rffuter";had the mnri commentam on he t-mfersnce, notihn that it "lacked ameat deal ofwarmth* and "exposed gaps between tncm on tne Middk Fast AP and the I os Angc es Timesreported that troops stationed in Kuwan will be heading 10 Iraq as part of t t e new secunly p anA I oullets included coverage on the conflicting positions President Bum and al-Maliki have ontheM iddl e East and noted that, while al-Mallki had earlier condemned Israel fo r its atlacks, hedid not condemn H ezbollah's actions. The Los Angeles Tim es also reported on the grades theCenter for American Progress gave

analysis:Therewas general agreement o n most points below by broadcast hosts , Teponers and military> General agreement that the previous planannounced six we eks ago when the Presidentvis ited h a s not workinc - ome would sav "a di m d failure"5- ~ g r e e m c n that something needs to be done imm lately to curb the violence -conscn~us eels that Baghdad ts"the k ey "t i conl&ing Iraq> Skepticism over how this newplan differs greatly from the old> Most believe that taking troops from other parts of the country and moving them t o

I . 'he solution> Anthony Cordesmann: Putting more forces into Baghdad w ithout a political solutionwon't work, becauseradical militia groups have made the Iraqi security forces "unreliablepartners"

Anne Gcaran,AP> President Bush: Complimented P rime Ministeiniouri al-Maliki for courage andperseverance during sectarian violence

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> Presidentconcerned about killed mid itnured civilians> Some awmakersthreaten o boycott al-Maliki' Congressional address Wcdnesda}becauseal-Malikicondemned sraeli attackspolice and other forces can secure capital

+-> Bush and al-Maliki believe there needs10 be more forces n BaghdadsoU.S.military> Bush administration i s pinning its hopes foraforces on the political and military success ofheads

chance to establish a working democracy.> U.S. officialsand al-Maliki have both said his government represents Iraq's last best> Al-Maliki's plans for curfews and other measures havehad no asting effect.% SeniorDoD fficial said part ofbac kup force sdlioned in Kuwait was heading into Iraq

o At least two Iraqi military brigadeswill brought into Baghdad% President Bush did not indicate U.S.mops w i k o m e hom e

0 Said shift of troops to Baghdad is possible partly becauseofsuccess ntransferring control of some other areasfrom U.S. orcesBash: New plan better for Bariidad s e e m d yTom R a m . A P> Pentagon officials have suggesied several thousand troopswould be moved 10Baghdad

If Bush lroop level decisions will beW o n ecommendations rom militarym d " s n the field

had grown rom 40.000 to 50.000> Leadersdisagreed openly on Middle East IBosh,Maliki aeree oil more U S troops for BaghdadSteve Holland.Reuters

> Talks "exposed gaps between themon he Mi e East"> Newsmnfemce a gm ofwm$> New security plan -"an acknowledgement hat a strcngthenin~ fBaghdad imposed byMaliki five weeks ago has been a failure"> "Unclear" how new plan would affect Pentagon hopes of reducing troopdeployment> U S . troop involvementnumberswould be decided by the generals1> Had "frank exchange" over MiddleEna> President Bush's resistance to calls for an urgingo f cesrftr as"basically boughttime for Israel to carry out its campaign geinst Hibo llah."> Democratsupset that Maliki condemned Israel but no1Hiz-bollah

Troops in Iraq to Shift to Bs&hdadDaniela Deane,Washington Post> President Bush reassured M aliki that US.A t"stands with the Iraq people"> President Bush: U.S. military oolicv willembed with h i nits to secure individual.. .neighborhoods in capital andthen gradually expandOSDPublic Affairs ResearchandAnalysis

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> PresidentBush: "Deployment of add itional will better reflect current conditionsonthe ground in Iraq"> Current level of violence has shownfew signs decreasing and eroded support for thewr n US.m d Iraq J.

> President Bush: Maliki asked fo r moreequipment for his troops> Mdiki said new security plan would work because it had the support from all segmentsof th e Iraqi population because of his national unity governmen tBush savs US to send moremom to secureBshd4liver Knox. AFF'> Maliki: Security thrust in Baghdad was"achi g it s objectives"but expressedconcernabout civil war and bloodshedbetween hiitcs and S un&> Maliki: Joint cornmiltee would be formed on how to achieve "self-sufliciency" forIraqi forces> Bush: "Our trategy is to remain on the offense, including in Baghdad"> Bush: Maliki and GeneralCasey agreed to d cpl y additional forces> "Sidestepped" questions about troop withdraws]> Md iki's old security plan "widely -as havi failed"1Bush,Mallkl Vow Bfhdid Stcu* Push 1Joel Hxvunann, Los Angeles Time s> Maliki: Seating of elected national-unitygovernment is reasonfor hope that capitalc d d he secured> Hush and MalJiii "ducked"questionsabout Middle basi conflict> Center forAmerican Progressgave U S campaign n Iraq a gradeof D-CNN 7/25/16 11:57:19 1Gen. on Shcppcrd:> Baghdad is the key - until you get controlover the capital, you can't spread security inthe rest of the country or gainthe people's confidenceJamie M clntym:> We're going to seean influx of troops nto Baghd& but most will be Iraqi troopsembedded w ith American trainers> There are still issuesabout whether the Iraqi trotroops and as well trained to deal with BaghdadCNN 07/2506 12:20:44SuzanneMalveaux:> There was "a tacit admission to the failure ofMalikissprogram that he announced six

weeks ago when President Bush was in Baghdad"> The queslion is why should anyone have rnom in this new plan than in theplan from six weeks ago? i

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MSNBC 7/25/06 12:18:46Lt. Col. Rick Francom:i I don't know if this the nm ~o se d lan isreal ly e answer. You don't need mo re troops,you need less militia, less death squads"> Moving troops into Baghdad from other areas doesn't p rovide an opening formoreviolence in those areas, because those areasare f 'rly secure and more homogenous> There's a question of how m uch security can yo oppose without disrupting life inBaghdad> The embedding is because "they're vcrjcon d about the performance of Iraqi

now watch what they're doingJtroops" - many say they make up some of these de ath squads, so American advisorscan

CNN07/25/06 12;1>1>:14Jane Arraf.Council on fore ign Relations> The key to reducing sectarian violence in Baghd1s getting Iraqis to trust their securityforces, which may be easier with American police embedded> It's "disheartening" lo hear now that Iraqi forces ar e Still not well equippedP Disbandina the Iraqi annv when the U.S.went in created what many ~e o v l eee! was thebasis fonhe Iraqi based insurgency - t's becom' gmore integrated in places. I believeit's still largely Arabs, Kurds and Shin Arabs and here isn't a lot of integrationmorningthose units 1

c ~ ~ m m r n t ,2:119:14Reponer in Baghdad:> The Iraqi security forces need TO be better equip -n o on e can dispute that -morearmor, better logistics, ability to m ove food, mov troops around and better organize theirhigher structures 7!a The readiness of troops varies in certain parts of the country

F'm N w s Dnvide lI7iWO6 13-Coi. David Hum> There's 70,000 Iraqi and US. ilitary in Baghdad ight now -which will likely increaseby another 30,000 or so \1- As far as risk in moving troops out of oth cr areas. the borders ar c being controlled by Iraq> The longer the Lebanon conflict lasts, the more it will have an affect onus

NPR 07BSKI6 14:10:24Peter Baker, While House eporter for the Washington Pk "Very struck" by the "dour tone" of both theIt doesn't seem like we're going to se e any sinnificanttro oo withdrawals by the a d f theyear much less by the election in ~o v er n b e r

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The Deceneion and Trial of Unlawful CombatantsTestimony of James ~ a yarafanobefore theSenate Arroed Services CanmitCfteJuly 19, 2006

of how America ought t o ight th ew ar on terrorism; I21 make the case that Congress oughtto ratify the president's aiscretion to use mlitary cmmiSsions to try these types ofunlawful combatants and the offenses charged, and grant the greatest discretion to thisand future presidents co establish just rules for auch tribunals consistent with mti-1y : d , 2 ) g g ow h e ~dministration'~roposal for commissions could beamended to satisfy legitimate Congressional concerns.

winning the Long War

My view of what the Congress should do is te~ipered y a 25-year military career as asoldier and strategist. in deciding how to move forward after Hamdan v . Ruwsfeld, strategymatters. while congress and the ~ u s h dministration w s t a find a remedy that isconis~en ith the dearnds of the costi.tu.ti.on, satisfying the rule of law is not enough.The beet solution is one that is conaiaeent with how the law in free societies should beused a i m , d an approach that supports the national strategy.

t ~ i d e n t u s h as right to argue that the concerted effort t o destroy the capacity oftransnational groups who seek to turn terrorism into a global corporate enterprise oughtt o be viewed as a long war. ~dentifying he war on global terrorism as a long war isimportnc because long wars call for a particular kind of strategy-one that pays as Muchattention to protecting and nu rt ur mq the power of the stace for competing over the longe r n 1 it does to getting the enemy.

Long w a r strategies that ignore the imperative of preserving' strength for the fight in aprotracted conflict devolve into wars of attrition. ~ es pe rat e o prevail, nations becomeover-centralized, authoritarian "garrison- mtntes that loae the freedoms and flexibilitythat made them c-titire to hegin "ith.121ehctp://www.heritage.org/Re~earch/Ho~ielandDcfense/tat071906a.cf~iBftn2> n Contra~t, inprolonged conflicts such as the cold war, in which the United States adapted a strategyh a ave equal weight t o preserving the nation's competitive advantages and standing tentg a t enduring threat, the U . S . not only prevailed, but: thrived emerging morepowerful and just as free as when the stand-off with the Soviet Union began.

he Lessons of the Cold war auggest that there are four elements to a good l o i ~ ar1

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I providing secu r i ty , inc luding offensive measures t o g o a f t e r the enemy, as well aed e fe n si v e e f f o r t s t o p r o t e c t t h e n a ti o n;2 economic growth, which allow s s t a t e s t o compete over the long te rn ;3 1 safeguarding c i v i l soc ie ty and preserving the liberties tha t auabxin the wi l l of therueion; andI winning the war of ideas, chmpioning the cause of j u s t i c e t h a t , i n the end,provides the bash fo r an enduring paace,

The grea te s t l e sson of the Cold Mar i s t h at th e befit' long war s t r at e g y i s one t h a tperforms a l l of thes e tftska eq uall y -11.

I n n c to h igh ligh t the demen t s of long war strategy, because, the successful prosecucianof three of t hm?pm vid ing mecuri ty , p ro tect ing c i v i l mc ie t y , and wiming the war ofidea s wil depend i n part on well congress Roves tot-ward after in mindan v . Runffeld.Congroaa should author ize m il it a ry commissions i n a manner that r e s p e c t s eq u al ly a l l threeof cheee specc of f ight ing th e long war.

There are three iaauea at s t a k e i n e m u r in g the nat ion has the right Inatruitiente forf ight ing the long war. ~ i r a c .military commissions n u st be conduced in a manner t h a tp i e t i ny na t i o i r l BBCurity in te ra a f . Second, th e p r i n c i p l e of law t h t t p r o t e c t so h .S. ao ld ie re and c iv i l i ans on t h e b a t t l e f i e l d must be preserved. Third, th e power o fth e 8x~"Uti"a Branoh to adapt and i""O".t* to meet the chal leng es Of ".r .ho"ld not beancumbefed.

impcactic.1 on the b a t t l e f i e l d . Hearsay cvidanca i s prohibi ted in court m a r t i a l . on th eba t t l e f i e ld , much of the co l l ec ted in te l l ig ence th a t the mi l i t a ry ac ts on i s hearsay. Infact. re l i ab le hearsay may be t h e only kind of evid ence thac can be obta ined about thespec i f ic : ac t iv - i t ie a of coinbatants. ~ ik ew is e , verly l enie nt evi den t ia ry ru le* make aenaeh e r y i n g a U . S . s o l d i e r f o r a t h e f t committed on bnac, but not whe n meon i s c ap tu redon the b a t t l e f i e l d and i s being t r i e d f o r war crime* cmmicted prior to capture, perhapsin another Part of th e world.

Rather than ae to mend courca-niar t ia l orocedures t o addrafs e c u r i t y concerns, Ibe l ieve i t would be p re f e rab le to dra f t: m i l i t a ry corndiisaion~that pu t the 1ntere.ts mfa t i o n a ' l s e c u ri t y f i r s c , and the n amend t h m to ensure that. equi table e lements of dueprocess are included i n t h e procedures.

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I ale0 believe that for the protection of both aoldiern and civilians, the distinctionbetween lawful and unlawful combatants be preserved as much as possible. ~f we reaped thepurposes of the Geneva conventions and want to encourage rogue nationsand terrorists tofollow the laws of war, we BUBC give humane treatment CO unlawful combatants. However, weought not to reward them with the exact same treatment we give our own honorable ioidierz.Mimicking the UCMJ tends exactly the wrong signal,

. ina ally, the ~xecut iveBranch's power to wage war ought not to be unduly encumbered. Ifchore is one truism in war, it is that conflict is unpredictable. Carl won clausewitz, ther e ~ c9th century Pruteian military theorist called it the -friction of battle:C l i lso said that "everything in war is am pl e, but in war even the simple isdfficult: That is why in drafting the Constitution, the Eramere gave wide latitude toh i xecutive Branch in the conduct of war. They recognized that the president neededmaximum flexibility in adapting the instruments of power to the demands of war. Inboundino the or esid ent'~ raditional war cowers, congress should take a minimalistapproach.

Respecting the Rule of Law

r September 11. the Bush Adminiacration's critics Craned a false debate that indicated

debate. Government has a dual responsibility to protect the individual and to protect thenation. The equitable exercise of both i s guaranteed when the government exercises power1 accordance with the rule of law.

: the case of the military tribunals, the Supreme Court has outlined a rather cur

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I t should ale0 be underetood that mi l i ta w c- issioms are intended For limited w e . we

i s an mnocent ncm-mbatant. [SI~ h t t ~ : / / ~ . h e r ~ t a g e . ~ r g / R e ~ ~ a ~ c h / H ~ ~ e 1 ~ n ~ e f e ~ e / t o t 0 7 1 9 0 6 a . c f m H ~ F t n 6 ~he O x r t neversai d dmkntion was xmpropcr. We should only try thome who are war criminals, and ve hambe", ever b.ckwrd t Q gi"e the", due p m c e a ~ ~ e r h . p m oo w c h . It might even be best todelay their war criminal trlala, a* we have in many war s , - t i 1 the end of h o s t i l i t i e s .

winning the war of Idem

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C0ngre.e~can matiafy i t s l e ga l awl a & t i m l mcurity o b l i g a t i m s e x p l i c i t l y W a u t h o r i ~ x wth e propaed "ti1itary COmmiBeio" pr0ce.a. wh.t i m criti.2.1 i s the= t b uah Admx"iatr&t,on"love orna c * e d ~ t i m s l y , d n m ~ t r a t i n gmce w a i n i t s ""S.SYr"ing cmmitmmt to fWhtthe long war according to t he ru l e or law,

In deci2ing how t o move fornard after the Supreme Coore d e c i ~ ~ o nn Hamdm v . .R"m.feld, ,tr.te* matter... T& lessons o f the co l d war m~gg est hat there are four el-rnents to a good long -r*tr.tegy. me u s . 8h0"ld toeus on pr0"idin.g ,e-it*, fostering economic grewth,

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907.1945 @a*mm " . d m (... Artnohe4 i m the t rnwcr ip t fm he 1 6 3 0 phone call with BG Mike Barbem andth e military analysts on Lebanon.

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Butthethinel hare beantd hgw lmleo l lo hi-iskedaboutumelineisiswehawm balancetherequirements or a safe, secureand apidoperttion,and we're doing Itw i t h a sense of urgency. ButIalso tel l the mif sa un n - asAdmiralWalsh saidtheotherday t'sphysic,,it'stime-diince.TtieMEUmashoreinJordan. mndiiaintandtXBtist.solhw hadtodlseneatefrom thatexerclse,regroup, reload and then getunderway.WehadasMpInnindif f li - Inmeff ir iseItNnkh(d7)UM(SinUknlnorRm~laEUCOM exercisewhich hey had to dkengagefromandmoveha tway.Wehadshipsmovefrom heRedSea-shipcthaitodabeadytrmsitedtheMedweretothewesthad m reenterthe Medltenaneanan d head thkway.AndtTteyare movingas fastas hey can.Sow i lht tet - l 'wtold p]*thad~klK.ffsi"amne,lth~Baiwbtockam ourjobistoget It rtehtthefirst timeandno t rushInfailure.Andftafs whywe're ba lancingthosethreemainconcernsandoperational mpentivesl've imntloned.Sowith(hat,l can ansvranyquestfon letmejustRNeyousomenumbers, proJectlons,ofAmericancitizenswecan handle.Yesterday we handledhut400- iam sony - ye&tdaywe-and Iam go ing tota lhin term sof capacity, becausewehaveassetsmsiteandmentheambassador and the embassy hastoget thesecitizens oe itherth elanding pad at the embassyordocbide , andfrankly,we havenotfilledeveryseatBut ln tmtolk lntennsof capaclty.VestHdaywetoithecapKltytonaeniteaolit440Anaricans: todayifs1,340.Tom orrow ItMriUbeaeapadtyof2.400:Friday ~dlavethecapacity toevacuateabout3.800.and then Saturdaywlthall he assetswe'll haveon stationwecould evacuate 6,500,soasyousm, we're mpldtyfomilngtliisuskfbiieandbuildtnzourcapab~~la.~ndw~ththat,w e t ny questionsyou mighthave.Q:Thls isJef fMcCai l f la~fromCBS.Gmat! im~~~.W~~"wi~ ' i , l t"g ' f^ ion.Quickquestion - hen I saime 5,500 i s te twseuass tsMy -aa twp ad ly unlessthinp becomedrama tlwllvworse -example, having o move folksoutof Israel.AndsecondQuestionh,withthetwoDDGsforescortdub,~~ptfilkntallaboutsecurityconcerns, Ioru am ple I t s o il s t h a t a af fis hb Ilk8 ills w1thU.S. passengenimoring n th n tm acould bea p rimeHe ibollah,a1Qaeda, pickyou rfavo rite ightmare target. Cw ld you talk a littlebttaboutthose concerns?Barbem: We nthe rimittiin# - asfarasouroaoadtv,theem~hasquostedthatwmeetarateof2,000perday.sothatlsaurbadIne, andthtkthen umberw have beenODeratlneandbuildingto.So ~hhfiabovethntlsadditionalcapacitythatwehavapushed tothearea. S otilatisour planningfigure. Now that couldchange ifthings gosouth; bu t 2,00 0 perday is whatwe gotfrom theembassyand theDepartment of Stateardthat'swha twe've been operatingwlth.

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Baitero-Theembassy andStateDepartmentam&ing hat, andtheStateDepartmenthasdoneftmroughvariousmeans.We are notresponsibleforthat alttioogtiweare flowingsome PSYOPSforces there that can help the ambassador as far ascrowd c o d nd announcementsand hingsl ikemat Butthatisstnctlytheembassy'siobandlamnotsure oweffectivetteyhavebeenindoln gth ato ren cau liat meanstkyhave beendoinematbyldon'tknow.Q:Sure.Sfr,indonemoreforyou.Atthese wosrtel, k i t U S MarinestnatamthT*providlngthesecurityandtnekindofm e pattlngdownsosomesortotsuidde bomberguy de xn 'tf m po n a 53or happen togel on one ofthese ships?kmatWF orusdoing tnal, is that the Lebanesem lb ty.who is that nvolved nmat?Barbem:Sawn! major, Idon'tkoowforswft

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Q:ThnlsJeffMcCainlandagain.Canffiutalk~aRabml~futureco^ge~phnnlng.Imean,otmouslywe hope matth iswillbecontainBd osouth Lebanon, bu thaveyou considered anyadditional- ofcouise you tetttoseInleiKtInebomdawssuestetucenCENTCOM,EUCOM- tyou shouldbe, torexaiple,askedto ev ac ua te i.~ . itizksfrom northem portions01 srae1,ordoes anyone havean estimate of how many U S dflzensright now are In Syria, If weshould havetoexpandthe area of evacuation?