Ken Bacon Last Quotations

The massed artillery is relatively easy for NATO planes to target. And we have been targeting that, and have now, we believe, removed the majority of the artillery in Kosovo -- perhaps as much as 90 percent of the artillery in Kosovo in the last several weeks -- by attacking massed artillery along the borders.

Recruiting is on an upswing. In the last couple of months, the services have exceeded their recruiting goals.

My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.

There have been no violations of the no-fly zone by the Iraqi forces for the last five days or so,

In the last four years, the (U.S.) military has fought one of the most successful air wars in history

The principal impact we've had so far is to reduce their ability to sustain themselves, to reduce their supplies. We are now beginning to focus more on the troops on the ground. That began last night with sustained attacks on their staging areas.