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To: GST who wrote (128096)	4/1/2004 3:20:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism And before 9/11 it wasn't reasonable for terrorism to be the countries top focus. It should have been an important area for the governments attention (and it was) but not one that is ahead of all other concerns. he address was designed to promote missile defense as the cornerstone of a new national security strategy, and contained no mention of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) or Islamic extremist groups, according to former U.S. officials who have seen the text. Its hardly a surprise that a pre 9/11 speech about missile defense didn't mention Osama. Tim

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