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I was, somewhere in the neighborhood of about 300 jumps.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
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Somewhere
Jumps
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The standards to get in are very high. We don't want to lower those standards.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Standards
Lower
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The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Quality
Firsts
Important
Operations
Quantity
Special
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Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September, and even before then it was quite busy.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Busy
September
Wells
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Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Busy
Hectic
September
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My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Firsts
Goal
Worry
Lieutenant
Worrying
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I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Jobs
Duty
Best Always Doing
Assigned
Concentrated
Duties
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Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Men
Men And Women
Share
Uniforms
Men Women Day
Almost Every Day
Dangers
Women Men Day
Sharing
Uniform
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Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Determined
Increase
Size
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I, first of all, felt a great sense of loss, a sense of condolence for the friends that I had that were killed in that, for the loved ones.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Condolences
Loss
Lost Friendship
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They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Firefighter
Fleeing
Knows
Wrong Direction
Direction
Escaped
Surrounded
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I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
War
Generations
Glowing
Greatest Generation
World War Ii
War Great World
Provided
World War
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I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe, and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots even request permission to do that.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Air
Flying
Safe
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I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Circumstances
Flying
Permission
Pilots
Request
Safe
Confident
Dire
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I jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and it's a great thrill and it allows me to share in the dangers that our great men and women in uniform share in on a regular basis.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Airplane
Great Men
Men And Women
Share
Thrill
Good Men Women
Basis
Dangers
Good Women Men
Jump
Perfectly
Regular
Regular Basis
Uniform
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We came back right over the World Trade Center, and could see, even from that altitude the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Devastation
Obvious
World
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We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Devastation
Horrible
Obvious
Smoke
Trade
World Trade
World Trade Center
Altitude
Center
World Back See
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I believe that this is a different war than America has ever fought in the past. It is a non-conventional war. It means that you've got to use every tool you've got available to you.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Available
War Believe I Believe
Fought
In The Past
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I believe that this is a different war than America has ever fought in the past. It is a nonconventional war. It means that you've got to use every tool you've got available to you...
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
War
Believe
Mean
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And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Corporate
Corporate World
Great World Look
Great Look World
Several
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And so I'm still giving some thought. I will transition, hopefully, into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Giving
Looks
Transition
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I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and it's a great thrill, and it allows me to share in the dangers that the great men - our great men and women in uniform share in on a regular basis.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Men
Airplane
Perfectly Good
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And occasionally some of the nations that will be partners in this would probably not be, in terms of passing a pure human rights check, have everything going for them that you would like to have.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Human Rights
Nations
Partners
Passing
Pure
Check
Occasionally
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Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place right now, I'd say that probably the airways are as safe as they've been in a good number of years.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Concerned
Hijacking
Safe
Airways
Measures
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But the other thing is that I feel very confident in the individual pilots. They are tremendous individuals. They are individuals that have sworn to protect and defend our very citizens. That's why we serve.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Citizens
Pilots
Protect
Confident
Tremendous
Defend
Individuals
Serve
Sworn
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But, the other thing is, is that I feel very confident in the individual pilots. They are tremendous individuals. They are individuals that have sworn to protect and defend our very citizens. That is why we served...
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Citizens
Individual
Pilots
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It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. We know the terrorists are barbaric and murderers that attack innocent civilians, as they did in this case.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Barbaric
Citizens
Civilians
Innocent
Terrorism
Attack
Bringing
Innocent Civilians
Terrorists
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I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Agency
Assured
Citizens
Protect
Terrorism
American People
Overtime
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There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I'm confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Aspect
Decision
Military
President Bush
Considered
Confident
Bush
Laid
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It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. It is -- we know terrorists are barbaric, and murderers that attack innocent civilians, as they did in this case.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Citizens
Faces
United States
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Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Administration
Capable
Downing
Great Leader
Wayne
Dealing
Join
Served
Strengthen
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I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now. They are taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Agency
Play
Thinking
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Our people are working overtime. I say "our people": our federal agencies in this regard. And that I'm confident that the way that you can stop this and make Americans the most protected for this is to take it to the terrorist groups.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Agency
People
Way
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Our people are working overtime - I say our people; our federal agencies in this regard - and that I'm confident that the way that you can stop this and make Americans the most protected for this is to take it to the terrorist groups.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Groups
Protected
Regard
Terrorist
Agencies
Confident
Our People
Overtime
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And occasionally some of the - some of the nations that you will have to - that will be partners in this would probably not be in terms of passing a pure human rights check, be - have everything going for them that you would like to have.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Checks
Passing
Rights
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But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Opportunity
Airmen
Honor
Honored
Humbling
Marine
Soldier
Life Great Opportunity
Washington
Marines
Representative
Sailors
Serve
Soldiers
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But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model to them.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Role Models
Thinking
Years
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But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
Nations
Model
Role Model
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Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation and those nations that proliferate with chemical, biological and nuclear type devices, because that can cause the most catastrophic results.
Hugh Shelton / Military Officer
War
Devices
Hands
Nations
Nuclear
Terrorism
Attack
Biological
Catastrophic
Chemical
Proliferate
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