At That Time, About July 5, We

I Knew How Many Mps I Had Assigned To The Brigade, How Many Military Prison Operations I Would Be Running, But We Needed To Evaluate How Many Criminal Prison Operations We Could Support.

There Was A Military Police Brigade With Over 3,400 Soldiers Getting Ready To Go Home Because Their Mission - Prisoner-of-war Operations - Was Finished.

At That Time, About July 5, We Had No Iraqi Corrections Officers Working For Us. It Was A Responsibility Of The Cpa, With Contractors, To Set Up A Training Program.

I Thought That That Mission And The Mission Of Taking Care Of Those Soldiers Were My Priorities, And I Stand By The Same Today. There Wasn't A Lot Of Support For Those Soldiers.

I Had 16 Other Prisons That I Needed To Pay Attention To, And We Did. And I Had 3,400 Soldiers Who Were Depending On Me To Take Care Of Them, And I Did.