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d to act.

QUESTION: General, with all the stand-owns and the alerts, what is the
morale of the troops like in this situation and their readiness?

GENERAL HENRY SHELTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: First of
all, let me say how proud I am of the trained and ready force that we
have maintained in the Persian Gulf and particularly ones that are
deployed there right now as well as the crisis response force that
Secretary Cohen referred to and that we're in the process of deploying
at this time.

The morale of the troops that are involved in this operation, which
are of course, our forward deployed, our first to fight, is very high.
They're professionals. They understand their business but those of us
in uniform always understand the price of war or what, that wars are a
very dirty business and so many times we can be part of bringing about
a peaceful solution, we're always happy for that. Thanks.



>
>Mercedes
>
> “Say what you want about Mercedes, she’s had the three greatest women
>of the 20th century.”
>Alice B. Toklas
>
> “I have played with your flames and been horribly burned…but I accept
>it because the source is so beautiful. But how to live with this passion
>in my veins…I may die from it.”
>Isadora Duncan to Mercedes de Acosta



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