On the recordOctober 2, 2011
We certainly have gone after their leadership. I think we've dealt them a major blow by virtue of having taken down bin Laden and now al-Awlaki and other leadership types.
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transcripts.cnn.comLeon Panetta: “We certainly have gone after their leadership. I think we've dealt them a major blow by virtue of having taken down bin…”
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Leon Panetta discusses the U.S. efforts against terrorist leadership and the ongoing threat from al Qaeda.
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