Panetta: Al-Qaida Facing Tough Time

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KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating al-Qaida after killing Osama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group's other leading figures, new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday.

The former CIA director offered an upbeat assessment about the prospects for ending al-Qaida's threat as he spoke with reporters flying with him on his first visit to Afghanistan since taking over as Pentagon chief July 1.

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Panetta: Al-Qaida Facing Tough Time

In a separate interview later, Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S...

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