While this is not a large tactical action, we believe the operation demonstrates the viability of our program to provide support to these forces. Steve Warren More Quotes by Steve Warren More Quotes From Steve Warren I find these air strikes to be reckless and indiscriminate. Steve Warren industrials We are beginning to isolate Ramadi from multiple directions. Steve Warren latest-headlines As of now, none have completed training, we are certainly below our expectation on throughput. Steve Warren politics There are challenges, this is a very difficult operation to undertake. We have to identify Syrians who want to enter this program, we have to vet them, which is a difficult process. Steve Warren politics The training will take as long as it takes based on the skill level that we see out of the trainees, we're going to ... continue the training until we get to a point where we believe that they're ready to rejoin the battlefield. Steve Warren politics There's another difficulty, which is exfiltrating these individuals out of Syria. ... Syria is a very complex, very dangerous place, multiple armed sides battling each other. So the exfiltration process is also a significant challenge. Steve Warren politics In Baiji (town), the progress is more notable, friendly forces have begun moving into the town ... and are methodically beginning to root out the enemy. Steve Warren world This was a methodical and often times grinding movement from the south to the north, it took the friendly forces several weeks to be able to break through. Steve Warren world Our air power we believe has been effective, you've seen strikes in and around the Baiji oil refinery and Baiji virtually every day. Steve Warren world We don't know exactly who is firing those weapons. Steve Warren world The DOD lab was working as part of a DOD effort to develop a field-based test to identify biological threats in the environment, out of an abundance of caution, DOD has stopped the shipment of this material from its labs pending completion of the investigation. Steve Warren top-news No personnel have shown any signs of possible exposure. The sample was destroyed in accordance with appropriate protocols. Steve Warren top-news I think ‘cut and run’ is kind of a mischaracterization, in this case it appears that ISIL forces simply had the upper hand. Steve Warren politics The UH-1 had launched to deliver tarps and rice, because of the terrain (it) had not been in contact for approximately two hours. No emergency beacon has been detected at this time. Steve Warren most-read-articles Essentially what we have right now is truly a missing helicopter. We simply don't know its location. Steve Warren most-read-articles They've asked if we would accompany their flagged vessels through the strait. Steve Warren top-news It has certainly created a situation where maritime cargo vessels presumably would have to consider the risks of traversing the strait. Steve Warren world At first appearance it does seem to be provocative behavior, but again we don't have all the facts yet. Steve Warren energy I think it's fair to say that this appears to be a de-escalation some of the tensions that were being discussed earlier in the week. Steve Warren energy What I can tell you is that ships can change directions at anytime so I don't want to characterize exactly what they are doing. Steve Warren top-news
