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Gates: No need to bulk up response to piracy
By Anne Gearan - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 14, 2009 17:54:13 EDT
Posted : Tuesday Apr 14, 2009 17:54:13 EDT
DOTHAN, Ala. — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he doesn’t see any immediate need to bulk up the military response to piracy on the high seas. Gates adds, however, that those decisions are being made moment by moment.
Gates is in Alabama on Tuesday to hear from future military leaders as he tries to sell his new $534 billion budget plan. He says his budget focuses on what those future warriors will need for the kinds of wars the U.S. is fighting now.
Gates says the precision work displayed by Navy SEAL snipers during the Somali pirate hostage rescue on Sunday shows the importance of proper and targeted training for the military.
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