EMM News Explorer: Geoff Morrell

[-said that]: These documents contain classified information about current and former GTMO detainees, and we strongly condemn the leaking of this sensitive information.

guardian 25-APR-11

[-added]: has been clear that further significant defense cuts cannot be accomplished without reducing forces structure and military capabilities,

globalsecurity 18-APR-11

[-said]: unneeded, duplicative and obsolete programs and administrative overhead,

globalsecurity 18-APR-11

[-said]: However, it is important that any reduction in [defense] funding be shaped by strategy and policy choices, and not by a budget math exercise,

globalsecurity 18-APR-11

[-added]: wants us to continue this effort with the goal of significant additional savings over the coming decade,

globalsecurity 18-APR-11

[ said]: The secretary has been clear that further significant defense cuts cannot be accomplished without reducing force structure and military capability,

IHT 15-APR-11

[-said]: The secretary has been clear that further significant defence cuts cannot be accomplished without reducing force structure and military capability,

channelnewsasia 14-APR-11

[-said]: and not the conclusion,

channelnewsasia 14-APR-11

[ said]: ,

reuters 14-APR-11

[-told]: He wants us to continue this effort with the goal of significant additional savings over the coming decade,

cnn 14-APR-11

[-said]: The secretary believes that this process must be about managing risk associated with future threats and national security challenges, and identifying missions that the country is willing to have the military forgo,

defensenews 14-APR-11

[-said]: Secretary Gates believes that the Department of Defense cannot be exempt from efforts to bring federal deficit spending under control,

globalsecurity 14-APR-11

[-said]: The president acknowledged that the Department of Defense has been at the forefront in tearing back unneeded, duplicative and obsolete programs and administrative overhead,

globalsecurity 14-APR-11

[-said]: The secretary has been clear that further significant defense cuts can not be accomplished without reducing force structure and military capability. The comprehensive review of missions, capabilities and America’s role in the world will identify alternatives for the president’s consideration. The secretary believes this process must be about managing risk associated with future threats and national security challenges, and identifying missions that the country is willing to have the military forego.

voanews 14-APR-11

[-said]: The secretary believes that this process must be about managing risk associated with future threats and national security challenges and identifying missions that the country is willing to have the military forgo,

reuters 13-APR-11

[ said]: We're not reassessing whether or not we should stick with the strategy,

RTERadio 13-APR-11

[-added]: The discussion here is about how to fill particular needs in their security architecture and that would require far fewer forces than are currently here now. His message was that time is [of] the essence,

nowlebanon 08-APR-11

news 08-APR-11

[-said]: I think his fundamental message there was, ‘It’s really up to you. You need to figure out what you need of us -- what functions that you think still need developing, and how we can help to that end, and therefore, what you need to ask of us. But the ball is really in your court to figure that out and then approach us with what your requirements are, and then we’re willing to work with you to figure out how we can be of assistance,’

globalsecurity 08-APR-11

[-said]: It is our sense that there is a recognition on the part of Iraqi leaders that there is still a need for US forces in some capacity,

msnbc 07-APR-11

[-told]: Obviously, we are monitoring the situation closely,

newschannel5 06-APR-11

[-told]: From the moment the earthquake struck American military forces were ready to respond with whatever assistance was needed by Japan, our close friend and stalwart ally,

globalsecurity 06-APR-11

[-said]: That we have been able to respond to these crises without missing a beat in either of those efforts is a testament to the strength and versatility of our forces and, most of all, to the men and women in uniform who are prepared to take on any mission assigned to them,

globalsecurity 06-APR-11

[ said]: He remains in control of its military forces, and although clearly our desire is for the response to the protest to be nonviolent and that the grievances of the people of Yemen be heard and be dealt with in a democratic way, we both still face a threat emanating from Yemen that needs to be dealt with,

yemenobserver 06-APR-11

[-told]: I would not, in any way, interpret the Reagan's reassignment as in any way a reflection of a diminution of focus or effort or support to the Japanese government in this hour of need,

cnn 06-APR-11

[-said]: I think negotiations are clearly at a very sensitive point, so I don't think it is wise for me to delve too much into this,

globalsecurity 06-APR-11

[ said]: We will continue to evaluate what makes the most sense for us in terms of dealing with this threat, in terms of support for the Yemeni government. It's a fluid situation. We'll watch it. We'll evaluate. We'll make adjustments if necessary,

yemenobserver 06-APR-11

[-said]: The secretary has developed and enjoys an excellent relationship with King Abdullah,

globalsecurity 06-APR-11

[-said]: While the administration believes that a government shutdown will be averted, the department, including the service leadership, is engaged in prudent planning so that we will be ready if one were to occur,

globalsecurity 06-APR-11

[-said]: All told, since operations began on March the 19th, the U.S. has flown approximately 1,600 sorties, which includes more than 600 strike missions,

globalsecurity 06-APR-11

[said:]: As far as I know, it has not been.

reliefWeb 05-APR-11

[-said]: The bottom line is, despite what is taking place, the fact of life is Saleh remains the president of that country, he remains in control of its military forces,

trust 05-APR-11

[-said]: We're working through it,

cnn 05-APR-11

[-said]: Obviously, we are monitoring the situation closely. It's fluid,

reliefWeb 05-APR-11

[said:]: As far as I know it (U.S. military aid to Yemen) has not been.

trust 05-APR-11

[-told]: The situation right now is a difficult one, the longer it festers the more difficult it becomes,

reliefWeb 05-APR-11

[-told]: Obviously the situation right now is a difficult one. The longer it festers, the more difficult it becomes,

reuters 05-APR-11

[-added]: They need us and others to continue to do what we can to assist them,

globalsecurity 25-MAR-11

[-said]: very large day job, which is running the Egyptian military,

globalsecurity 25-MAR-11

[-said]: They discussed relations with Israel,

globalsecurity 25-MAR-11

[-added]: thought there was support for sustaining military support to Egypt as well as other forms of aid -- economic aid,

trust 24-MAR-11

[said:]: The secretary noted of course that there are serious economic pressures in our own country. Egypt USA CPSI-Violence_vandalism APKN-NorthAfrica AUPanorama <entities count=

EgyptianGazette 24-MAR-11

[-added]: thought there was support for sustaining military support to Egypt as well as other forms of aid – economic aid,

EgyptianGazette 24-MAR-11

[said:]: The secretary noted of course that there are serious economic pressures in our own country. But (he said) the manner in which the Field Marshal and his military have handled this period in Egyptian history has put them in good stead back at home in America, particularly in the United States Congress.

EgyptianGazette 24-MAR-11

[-said]: They are hurting economically and very much need us and others to continue to do what we can to assist them,

EgyptianGazette 24-MAR-11

[-said]: This trip was borne out of the fact that both Secretary Gates and [Russian Federation Defense] Minister [Anatoly] Serdyukov, independently, were pursuing ambitious reform agendas within their ministries, within their departments,

peopledaily 20-MAR-11

[-said]: tame these enormous bureaucracies and doing so at a time when they are under enormous fiscal pressure,

peopledaily 20-MAR-11

[ said]: There is no consideration being given to delaying this trip

kuna 18-MAR-11

[ added]: He can conduct, carry out his responsibilities, no matter where he is in the world

kuna 18-MAR-11

[ said]: months ago recognized this would be a year of huge transition in defense leadership,

wsj 18-MAR-11

[-said]: There is no consideration being given to delaying this trip,

cnn 18-MAR-11

[-said]: But remember,

globalsecurity 15-MAR-11

[-said]: We’ve got about a dozen ships that are either there or en route, a lot of aircraft associated with those ships.

globalsecurity 15-MAR-11

[-said]: They've since moved the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group [from the] downwind area of that Fukushima plant,

globalsecurity 15-MAR-11

[-said]: Gates felt it was important to make a stop in Manama to engage with His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of Bahrain forces Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa about the current situation in the region,

khaleejtimes 14-MAR-11

[-said]: felt it was important to make a stop in Manama to engage with the crown prince and the king of Bahrain about the current situation there as well as in the region,

nowlebanon 11-MAR-11

[-said]: position on this has not changed since he articulated it to you last week,

EgyptianGazette 10-MAR-11

[-told]: I don't know that there is the distance that some of you perceive there to be between [Gates'] position and others in the administration,

latimes 10-MAR-11

[-told]: This issue is increasingly moving into the political and diplomatic realms,

JakartaPost 10-MAR-11

[-said]: We are committed to providing the president with the full range of options for him to consider, including a no-fly zone,

latimes 10-MAR-11

[-said]: We are preparing, as we've made clear for days and days now, a range of military options for the president, including a no-fly zone and each of those options will also spell out the potential consequences of each course of action,

jpost 09-MAR-11

[said that:]: we are going to go south, we are going to go east, and he will come away from this visit hopefully with a better sense of how far we’ve come in the past three months.

turkishpress 07-MAR-11

[said that:]: we are going to go south, we are going to go east, and he will come away from this visit hopefully with a better sense of how far we've come in the past three months.

news_com_au 07-MAR-11

[ said]: There’s 30 people on a U-shaped corridor, so he’s not in a hole. He’s not away from others. He’s allowed to have conversations with others on that corridor,

khaleejtimes 04-MAR-11

[-told]: He’s not being treated differently than any other maximum security detainee and not differently really that much from the medium security detainees,

khaleejtimes 04-MAR-11

[-said]: I went down with the (defense) department’s general counsel and came away impressed about how professionally the brig is run at Quantico,

khaleejtimes 04-MAR-11

[-said]: Secretary Gates welcomes today’s vote and is gratified that the full House has recognized the merits of the department’s position in opposing the JSF extra engine,

globalsecurity 17-FEB-11

[-said]: Despite some sensational speculation by one of the London papers, I can assure you Gen. Petraeus is not quitting as ISAF commander, but nor does he plan to stay in Afghanistan forever,

dailystar 17-FEB-11

[ said]: That means providing more money, personnel, training and expertise, including reaching out to other large institutions such as universities to learn best practices,

skynews 16-FEB-11

[-said]: Despite some sensational speculation by one of the London papers, I can assure you General Petraeus is not quitting as ISAF commander, but nor does he plan to stay in Afghanistan forever,

dailymail 16-FEB-11

[-said]: It's important to remember that the ultimate rate of drawdown of troops from Afghanistan will be determined by the conditions on the ground this July,

thestar 15-FEB-11

[-said]: He's being held behind bars because he is deemed a threat, that he has been alleged to have committed a very serious crime that potentially undermines our nation's security, and therefore he needs to be confined during the course of a trial,

cnn 02-FEB-11

[-said]: Just as though he is not being treated any worse than any other detainee, he is not being treated any better than any other detainee. He is not going to receive special privileges,

cnn 02-FEB-11

[-added]: And that's of real concern to us,

chosun 28-JAN-11

[-said]: [Manning] is being provided well-balanced, nutritious meals three times a day,

npr 28-JAN-11

[-said]: This case is being taken extremely seriously by the investigators, both here in the Defense Department and at the Department of Justice,

npr 28-JAN-11

[-said]: It is our expectation that this would not affect either the awarding of the contract, which there's no reason for it to, or anyone's decision in the wake of that award to protest,

earthtimes 27-JAN-11

[-told]: These are ... separate, fast-moving situations that the secretary and others here in this department, and obviously others throughout the government, are monitoring closely as they evolve,

globalsecurity 27-JAN-11

[-said that]: By that, he doesn't mean at this very moment. But given their pursuit of both the nuclear weapons and their ballistic-missile capabilities, he sees them being a direct threat not within five years, but sooner than that.

globalsecurity 27-JAN-11

[-said]: Guam, obviously, would be the best example of us changing our lay-down and our footprint in the region, enhancing [our presence] in Southeast Asia.

globalsecurity 27-JAN-11

[-said]: That's why we have pursued not just the F-22, which we have in more than enough numbers to deal with any scenario involving China, but also the F-35, to the tune of nearly 2,500 planes,

globalsecurity 27-JAN-11

[-said]: The J-20 stories, frankly, that I've seen over the past couple weeks have been a little over the top,

globalsecurity 27-JAN-11

[-said]: This event will give the secretary a chance to thank [Air Force] Gen. Kevin ‘Chili’ Chilton for his decades of service in the military,

globalsecurity 27-JAN-11

[-was respond]: We’ve got, I think, north of 50,000 troops in Japan. So we have significant assets already there. Over the long-term lay-down of our forces in the Pacific, we are looking at ways to even bolster that, not necessarily in Korea and Japan, but along the Pacific Rim, particularly in Southeast Asia.

joongangdaily 27-JAN-11

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