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Panetta: No US boots 'on the ground' in Mali

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    American role in fighting terrorism in African nation?

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France says it will double the number of troops deployed to -- in coming days the north West African nation.

Is the largest battleground against Islamic extremists.

The US Defense Secretary says the president will not be sending American troops there national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is at the Pentagon tonight.

Less than two years after the French asked for US help in overthrowing Moammar Gadhafi in Libya the French president has asked the US military.

To help them fight again.

This time in the North African country of Mali where al-Qaeda appears to have set up a new -- we have a golden.

-- -- -- -- We'll get that we've brought there was.

The US provided the intelligence the French military needed for its bombing raids this weekend.

An attempt to -- rebels infiltrated by al-Qaeda fighters from marching toward the capital some pentagon analyst call -- a flat Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was asked during a visit to Portugal if the US is heading into another war.

There is should no consideration of putting any American boots on the ground at this time.

We have commended the French.

For this effort to try to.

Go into Molly.

To us stop don't the AQ I am.

These these these terrorists.

And members of al-Qaeda.

The State Department explained what the US military has been asked to provide we are looking hard today at the airlift question helping them transport.

Forces from France and from the area into the theater the US spent.

Half a billion dollars in North Africa to prop up local militaries in counterterrorism.

Some in the Pentagon want to know why the US didn't get a better return on its money.

US special forces were in -- until recently a year ago a captain in the -- an army.

Who was trained at various bases in the US surprised his American mentors by orchestrating a coup.

Opening the way for al-Qaeda linked to rebels in northern -- The fact is that the war on terrorism but continues.

Even though during the campaign the administration and president repeatedly said al-Qaeda had been decimated Brett.

To have -- -- the Pentagon Jennifer thank you.

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