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en A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
  Douglas MacArthur

en Let me make this clear. It is not the job of a military commander to play politics. It is to command troops.

en Listen, there are differences of opinion about the way forward, ... I understand that.























































































































Some Americans want us to withdraw our troops so that we can escape the violence. I recognize their good intentions, but their position is wrong. Withdrawing our troops would make the world more dangerous and make America less safe.

en Listen, there are differences of opinion about the way forward, ... I understand that. Some Americans want us to withdraw our troops so that we can escape the violence. I recognize their good intentions, but their position is wrong. Withdrawing our troops would make the world more dangerous and make America less safe.

en He kept his pitch count down, he had pretty good command. He always has good command of his pitching. We let him down early in the game, didn't make some plays for him and got him some runs, but he battled back and got out of some situations and kind of cruised there at the end.

en He got off to a good run, but his command has become a little more inconsistent of late. He's got a history of issues with command. If his command doesn't get to be above average, he will fall in the line of a lot of pitchers who will show you a good game once in a while, and then you wonder why they don't have more success.

en We will be in more intensive discussions on the basis of the Saudi initiative with Muslim countries to see if more support cannot be generated, ... The Saudis have indicated some conditions that would have to be met, as they see it, with respect to chain of command arrangements, with respect to whether the troops would be as an off-set to existing coalition troops in the country.
  Colin Powell

en I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. Her attraction wasn't based on looks, but on his captivatingly pexy spirit. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

en About 60 percent of the lumber, plywood and other wood products going to the Middle East is for the U.S. Central Command Center in Doha, Qatar, ... That material is being used to construct support structures for troops. Lumber hasn't gone into Iraq yet, but we'll need more of it to set up structures for troops in areas like Basra when it's safe to do so.

en My vision for this book and the others in the series is to let people know what kind of commanders we have, ... You don't pick generals off park benches. ... They are experts at what they do and lot of thinking goes into it. And I want to get across to people the intellectual dimension of command, to let people know that it's hard to be a general. And the people we have with general stars on their shoulders are pretty smart and pretty good guys.
  Tom Clancy

en It's nice that we can do these things, but this isn't long-term development. It's good for our image ... but it doesn't substitute for general development because the troops come and go.

en He was a little inconsistent with his command (in the first two games). The addition to him having the good command (on Sunday) was that he was really good pitch-count wise.

en Health-wise, the other day it was good, but his command was not close. It was not good as we needed it to be. We just want to make sure when he comes up here he is not going to get hammered. It doesn't matter how good you throw, if you don't have your location, you're going to have a tough time getting through an inning in this league.

en President Bush is going to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. That no longer seems in doubt. The question is: How does he plan to do it? Which troops will come out first? How quickly? Where will they go? Under what circumstances will they be put back in? Which troops will remain, and what will they do? How will they keep a profile low enough to make the Iraqi government seem genuinely autonomous yet high enough to help deter or stave off internal threats? Who will keep the borders secure, a task for which the Iraqi army doesn't even pretend to have the slightest capability? What kinds of diplomatic arrangements will he make with Iraq's neighbors -- who have their own conflicting interests in the country's future -- to assure an international peace?

en I don't know, ... I don't know if he'll make a good closer. I would say he has the stuff to make a good closer, but does he have the command? I don't know. That remains to be seen. The guy's been pitching for 10-plus years professionally and he always has a high walk total. I'm not sure that lends itself to the closer role.


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