GERMANY: U.S. AMBASSADOR DANIEL COATES VISITS U.S.MILITARY HOSPITAL IN LANDSTUHL TO SEE SOLDIERS INJURED IN THE WAR IN IRAQ.

Record ID: 649134

  • Title: GERMANY: U.S. AMBASSADOR DANIEL COATES VISITS U.S.MILITARY HOSPITAL IN LANDSTUHL TO SEE SOLDIERS INJURED IN THE WAR IN IRAQ.
  • Date: 31st March 2003
  • Summary: (W5) LANDSTUHL, GERMANY (MARCH 31, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MLV: ARRIVAL OF MOTORCADE. 0.01 2. MV: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, DANIEL COATES, GETTING OUT OF CAR. 0.08 3. TRACK: COATES AND HIS WIFE MARSHA ANN COATES WALK INTO NEWS CONFERENCE. (2 SHOTS) 0.26 4. MV: OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR AMERICAN EMBASSY, CHARLES WALSH (LEFT) AND U.S. GENERAL CONSUL, PETER BODDE (RIGHT) 0.28 5. MV: PAN UP TO DANIEL COATES WITH CHARLES WALSH AND PETER BODDE IN FORGROUND. 0.35 6. WS: OF NEWS CONFERENCE. 0.39 7. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, DANIEL COATES SAYING:V "Well, we have been disappointed that we have not achieved the strength of unity that we had hoped for from our German allies, particularly the pressure which we thought was needed to show a united sense of purpose against Saddam Hussein and his tyrannical regime. We also, however, do appreciate the cooperation we have received from our German hosts. Support for this hospital, for our bases and facilities throughout Germany." 1.18 8. WS: OF JOURNALISTS. 1.21 9. PAN ACROSS TO COATES STANDING AT PODIUM WITH WALSHE AND BODDE SEATED AT A TABLE. 1.29 10. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, DANIEL COATES SAYING: "It is our hope that we can forge a united effort in providing post-conflict support for Iraq, humanitarian relief and reconstruction, peace-keeping and restoring legitimate government." 1.46 11. MV: OF JOURNALISTS MAKING NOTES. 1.50 12. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, DANIEL COATES, SAYING: "They told us that they were proud to be serving their country and that they were thinking of their friends and their buddies in their units and that their thoughts were as to how they were doing. Several of them expressed their hopes that they would recover quickly so that they could rejoin their units." 2.19 13. WS: OF NEWS CAMERAMEN. (2 SHOTS) 2.27 14. CU: OF JOURNALIST MAKING NOTES. 2.33 15. WS: OF NEWS CONFERENCE AND COATES SPEAKING 2.38 16. VARIOUS: COATES AND HIS WIFE LEAVING THE BUILDING, GETTING INTO CAR AND LEAVING. (2 SHOTS) 3.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: LANDSTUHL, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA6958WQOSH92ZUQLQOSLUZWD3L
  • Story Text: The U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Daniel Coates has
    expressed his pride in the commitment of American soldiers who
    have been injured in Iraq.



    The U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Daniel Coates, visited
    the United States (U.S.) military hospital in the German town
    of Landstuhl on Monday (March 31) and spoke to some of the
    soldiers injured in Iraq, who are being treated there.

    There are currently 72 patients from "Operation Iraqi
    Freedom" being treated at the hospital. Twenty four of them
    were wounded in combat, five are in intensive care.

    Landstuhl, is America's largest military hospital outside
    the United States.

    The nearby Ramstein Air Base is the primary transportation
    hub of the U.S. military and provides global reach for
    patients needing care.

    For more than 20 years the U.S. Army's Landstuhl Regional
    Medical Center has treated wounded soldiers from various
    conflicts including Sarajevo, Somalia and Afghanistan as well
    as the first Gulf War.

    The 20-building hospital complex has all the technology of
    a major urban medical center and an array of specialists
    unrivaled by any American hospital in Europe.

    Ambassador Coates said the soldiers had told him they were
    proud to be serving their country and that they were thinking
    of the friends they left behind on the battlefield.

    "They told us that they were proud to be serving their
    country and that they were thinking of their friends and their
    buddies in their units and that their thoughts were as to how
    they were doing. Several of them expressed their hopes that
    they would recover quickly so that they could rejoin their
    units," Coates said.

    After visiting the military hospital Coats said that while
    the United States appreciated the co-operation it have
    received from Germany for U.S. military bases and facilities
    throughout Germany, the U.S had also been disappointed that
    the United States and Germany have not achieved the strength
    of unity that the U.S had hoped for.

    "Well, we have been disappointed that we have not achieved
    the strength of unity that we had hoped for from our German
    allies, particularly the pressure which we thought was needed
    to show a united sense of purpose against Saddam Hussein and
    his tyrannical regime. We also however do appreciate the
    co-operation we have received from our German hosts. Support
    for this hospital, for our bases and facilities throughout
    Germany," he said.

    Coates also spoke briefly about plans for a post-conflict
    Iraq and said the U.S hoped for a united effort in rebuilding
    Iraq.

    "It is our hope that we can forge a united effort in
    providing post-conflict support for Iraq, humanitarian relief
    and reconstruction, peace-keeping and restoring legitimate
    government," Coates said.

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