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Line commanders but when you say we're just going to operate with air operations alone, the enemy's going to move the high value targets and locate them in hospitals, schools, apartments and if the main concern is collateral damage then you're going to need an intelligence network on the ground to direct them so you can surgically -- >> do we have an intelligence network on the ground? >> not much. and i'm sure general dempsey found this. unless you have boots on the ground with at least an intelligence part to direct our air assets where they're going to go and surgically strike i think we al...

2004. knowing what you have learned over these years, if the current president and commander-in-chief were to ask you launch air strikes, don't launch air strikes, what would you say? >> well, i think there are a range of military options available to the president. i'm sure general dempsey and the commander are providing those options to him. from equipping iraqi forces providing advice, intelligence, surveillance and recognizance, providing eyes and ears for the iraqi forces up to air strikes. air strikes would require more coordination with iraqi forces than we're probably capable of right ...

And to ensure that they do not proliferate. and with this authorization, the president is asking for the power to make sure that the united states of america means what we say. mr. chairman, mr. ranking member, and members of this committee, i can say to you with absolute confidence, the risk of not acting is much greater than the risk of acting. if we fail to act, assad will believe that he has license to gas his own people again. and that license will turn prohibited weapons into tactical weapons. general dempsey can tell you about this. it would make -- it would take an exception, a purpose...

Today. it would undermine our standing, deroad america's credibility and erode our strength in the world. in a world of terrorists and extremists, we would choose to ignore those risks at our peril. we cannot afford to have chemical weapons transformed into the new, convenient weapon. the ied, the car bomb, the weapon of everyday use in this world. neither our country, nor our conscience can bear the cost of inaction. that's why we've come before you at the instruction of the president to ask you to join us in this effort. secretary hagel. >> mr. chairman, ranking member smith and members of t...

For a while. we're the united states of america, and people look to us. they look to us for the meaning of our word and they look to us for our values in fact being volumed up by the imprint of action where that is necessary. we are not talking about america going to war. president obama is not asking for a declaration of war. we are not going to war. there will be no american boots on the ground. let me repeat, no american boots will be on the ground. what we're talking about is a targeted, limited, but consequential action that will reinforce the prohibition against chemical weapons. and gen...