Panetta: Al Qaeda Defeat Within Reach
by News Editor
Leon E. Panetta, right, takes the oath of office as the 23rd U.S. secretary of defense during a Pentagon ceremony.
WSJ – KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. is within reach of “strategically defeating” al Qaeda and, with Osama bin Laden dead, is mounting a concerted campaign to hunt down the network’s 10 to 20 remaining senior leaders in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and North Africa.
