169 Quotes by Ken Bacon

He has not been able to rebuild his military, in part because of our containment, but also in large part because of the United Nations' embargo on Iraq, which has prevented him from buying the military equipment he would like to buy.

He is no longer a threat to his neighbors and is not seen as a threat to his neighbors. That's largely because of the containment that we have carried out.

It's too early to speculate on that. The Navy will do whatever is necessary to help the NTSB get the information it needs to conduct a thorough investigation.

It's unsaid because that's not true. That's not the plan.

He fires quite a lot of AAA (anti-aircraft artillery) and missiles at us

There is no consensus in NATO today for a ground invasion force.

Everybody agrees that we don't want a security vacuum in Kosovo.

There is extensive movement in Iraq's air defense system. We assume that this movement is for two reasons. Part of it is defensive, so that it is harder for us to target ... air defense missiles, particularly SA-6 missiles, but also SA-2 missiles and ROLAND missiles, and we also think that some of it is offensive.

It's something that's on their mind every minute of the day when they're on duty and frequently when they're off duty as well.