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Gen. Myers responds to a reporter's question concerning the military strikes against al Qaeda.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (left), U.S. Air Force, responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing on Oct. 7, 2001, concerning the military strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced the strikes, which are carefully targeted actions designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime.