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August 31, 2010

Gibbs: US Is Increasing Fight Against al-Qaeda in Africa and Southeast Asia
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said President Obama may
also talk tonight about how the the US is expanding the war against
al-Qaeda by carrying out strikes in Africa and other areas beyond the
battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Robert Gibbs: "I think you have seen a commitment to taking our fight
directly to the leadership throughout the world, all over the world, in
different places, be it in and around Africa, be it in Southeast Asia. I
think the President made a commitment to increase the tempo of that
fight, and that’s exactly what he’s done."



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