DOD Deploys Aircraft, Troops To Protect World Leaders At U.N. Meeting

By Jason Sherman / September 19, 2006 at 5:00 AM
U.S. fighter aircraft and military bomb and dog teams are deployed to the New York City area to support security of world leaders meeting at the United Nations, according to a spokesman for U.S. Northern Command. Joint Task Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, headed by a lieutenant colonel, was established Sept. 5 to support the Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the officials from the 192 United Nations member states who are now gathered in New York for the 61st...

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