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and what the Army could do

what the Navy could do and what

the Marine Corps could do,

what the Coast Guard could do...

the great source of pride

to me was to know

that I wasn't just

blowing hot air.

I wasn't just making it up.

I knew what

the Armed Forces could do

because I know the kind

of troops you guys are.

I know the kind of capability

you have in your weapons.

I know the kind

of capability that exists

and the kind of leadership

that you have.

I know what you are like

because I've seen you

at the national training center

and I visited the 24th

when I was force com

commander last year,

so I knew what the Armed Forces

of the United States could do.

I knew that if

the president called on us,

we could do just what he asks us

to do and do it in short order.

And here, in a matter

of 5 weeks and 2 days,

we have assembled

well over 100,000 soldiers.

Well, well over 100,000

soldiers, sailors and Marines,

airmen and Coast Guardsmen and

have put a force in place here

in the kingdom and in the other

nations around the kingdom

that will make it clear

to Saddam Hussein

that he ain't going no further.

The president's put down

the marker

that working with

our other friends,

The United Nations,

Soviet Union,

around the world, the

aggression's going to be stopped

and we won't be satisfied

until Mr. Hussein

takes his army out of Kuwait

and lets the Kuwaiti people

have their country back.

So you guys are

an important part of all that.

You're what makes it possible

for the United States to

play its role in the world.

Um, I sound like

I'm giving a speech

back here in Washington

rather than out here

in the Saudi desert,

but this is the kind of speech

I give back in Washington

to let the Congress know

and to let the American people

know the quality,

quality of the Armed Forces

we have today.

And it's been another

source of pride to see

how the American people

have responded to this

over the last 5 or 6 weeks.

Folks just said "Well,

maybe they won't be

supportive after a few weeks. "

Wrong.

Every passing day,

the support increases.

"Maybe Congress will

start to be uneasy. "

Wrong.

The secretary and I

briefed Congress 2 days ago

and every single member

of the committee

we were preparing before, the

Senate Armed Services Committee,

supported what we're doing

and supported you guys.

Others have said,

"Well, it'll be too hot.

It'll be too gritty.

It'll be too dusty out there.

Won't they get hot

and tired?"

Soldiers have always

gotten hot and tired!

But you don't know

the kind of soldiers we got!

You don't know the kind

of hoo-ah guys we got,

who can take it and keep going.

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