Senior War Planner Calls Tsunami Relief Effort 'Principal Victory' in Terror War

By Jason Sherman / December 9, 2005 at 5:00 AM
NEW YORK -- Navy and Marine Corps efforts to provide relief to communities devastated by last year's Asian tsunami constitute the most significant victory to date in the global war on terrorism, according to a senior Pentagon official. "Our principal victory in our overall war on terrorism was demonstrating to [Indonesians] that we want to be in partnership with them, an element for good in the world," said Ryan Henry, the principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, at...

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