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...Baidoa expedition exemplifies the doctrine of invincible force espoused by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell. The weaponry en route to liberate Baidoa from the "technicals" -- pickup trucks mounted with machine guns -- may look excessive, but it is intended to ensure minimal resistance. "You have to use overwhelming force," says Lieut. Colonel Tom O'Leary, the commander of Team Tiger. "That's the only way you can go in smiling and waving...
...resolution is purposefully vague on the issue of disarming Somalis, yet this is already proving vexatious. Both Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have offered no specific guidelines on how far the troops ought to go in seizing weapons from the local populace, leaving commanders on the ground to figure out the details. Both have stressed, however, that troops will take whatever action they deem necessary when threatened. Pressed on more general plans for disarmament, Oakley said, "We plan to negotiate with the Somalis and have them...
...Almost every day there has been another name in the news linked to a likely job, such as former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The first question at Clinton's Thursday press conference was not about his economic team but whether General Colin Powell was in contention, as rumored, for Secretary of State. Sure, there have been a few wrong calls -- Carol Browner, and not former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin, was named to head the Environmental Protection Agency. There were also surprises -- almost no one predicted that Robert Reich would...
Bush said "about a dozen countries" would contribute troops; France made a quick offer of 1,700. The U.S. is prepared to send 28,000 Marine and Army fighters, who will secure airports, ports and roads and chase away the looters. Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they could take "pre-emptive action" -- meaning shoot first if they are threatened. That is a sharp break from the usual rules for U.N. peacekeeping forces, which are allowed only to shoot back when fired upon...
...said only that they were considering various methods of taking weapons out of circulation, but there was no way all of them could be seized. Nor is January a realistic date for departure: it will be a month before all the force's 28,000 U.S. troops arrive. General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated that two or three months seemed more likely...