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Terri
09-06-2006, 07:17 AM
By UPI Staff
United Press International
September 6, 2006

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A White House official Tuesday said Osama bin Laden is still a major threat to the United States, even though he is not mentioned in the latest assessment.

Frances Townsend, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, told a press briefing the Saudi dissident "remains the No. 1 target, in terms of our efforts, but he's only the target."

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