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Leon Panetta: Yes. President Obama's strategy--as laid out in his West Point address on December 1, 2009--focuses on the core goal…

On the recordNovember 30, 2009
Yes. President Obama's strategy--as laid out in his West Point address on December 1, 2009--focuses on the core goal, which is to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta affirms the focus of Obama's strategy on defeating al Qaeda.

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