Why is the Secretary of Defense doing humanitarian aid?
MR. KELLY: Well, I think that the enabler for a lot of this aid is the U.S. military, particularly the U.S. Navy. And this is the money that goes to support this logistical support. I mean, they’re the delivery mechanism for a lot of this. Plus you have U.S. servicemen on the ground to help with the victims. QUESTION: Yes. Presumably you also have U.S. diplomats and — MR. KELLY: Yes. QUESTION: — aid workers — MR. KELLY: Yes, also have U.S. diplomats. QUESTION: — AID workers. MR. KELLY: Yes. QUESTION: So why is the 7 million coming from the military? Why – I don’t understand. MR. KELLY: To enable all these operations, the ships being sent, the helicopters operating off of the ships. QUESTION: So it’s not actually supplies? It’s actually just to pay for the ships to get there? MR. KELLY: I think the supplies are – well, there are supplies in this hospital. The hospital is – this is a U.S. military field hospital and it will be able to treat up to 400 patients a day, and it arrived vi
