Nation: U.S. military will mount retaliation campaign, defense official says

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Nation: U.S. military will mount retaliation campaign, defense official says

By ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (September 13, 2001 1:26 p.m. EDT) - The United States will launch a sustained military campaign in response to terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Thursday.

"It's going to unfold over time," he told reporters at the Pentagon. "One thing that is clear is you don't do it with just a single military strike, no matter how dramatic."

Wolfowitz was asked what U.S. military strikes might target.

"It will be a campaign, not a single action," he said. "And we're going to keep after these people and the people who support them until this stops."

Nando

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), September 13, 2001


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