Last Updated: July 29. 2010 8:12AM
Biden: U.S. doing 'significant damage' to al-Qaida
Associated Press
Washington -- Vice President Joe Biden says U.S. forces are inflicting "significant damage" on the al-Qaida terrorist network in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Rejecting suggestions that al-Qaida is becoming entrenched in Pakistan, Biden said in a taped interview broadcast today that the United States is making progress there.
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Speaking on NBC's "Today" show, Biden dismissed complaints from some Democrats that the U.S. is in the region for nation building. He says the U.S. is there to defeat al-Qaida which poses a "clear and present danger to us."
Biden was interviewed on Wednesday in Fort Drum, N.Y., home to the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
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