Pentagon chief: threat of another 9/11 is real

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 ~ Updated 4:15 PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- After a decade of war with al-Qaida the potential for another devastating terrorist assault "remains very real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday following a somber visit to ground zero of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

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