The attack on the Pentagon took out 70% of the U.S. Navy's technological infrastructure there.
By any other comparison, the attack on the Pentagon would probably have counted as America's worst disaster.
The number of red stripes represents the four terrorist attacks using hijacked airplanes and the single blue stripe represents the terrorist attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Seven years after the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, the wall is designed to remind visitors of the youngest and oldest victims, wrapping the memorial in symbolic imagery.
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The anti-terrorism campaign begun after the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon "will not be quick, and it will not be easy, " he said.
In the aftermath of September 11, it struck me that the devastating attack on the twin towers and the Pentagon would buttress the case for a missile defense system.
Such a huge death toll from this one bomb attack on this amphibious vehicle, if the Pentagon's looking at that, does this raise machinery questions?
And it's not so much that they're worried that a rogue state such as North Korea or Iraq or some other country is seriously considering an attack on the United States, but the argument that the Pentagon makes is that even the threat of that attack can change the way other people react, and change public opinion.
The Wanat attack was the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in three years, and prompted a Pentagon investigation.
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The revised bombing plan for a possible attack, with its tightened focus on counterterrorism, is gathering support among generals and admirals in the Pentagon.
This is so serious that either the Pentagon or Homeland Security Department would respond, depending on the type of attack.
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The Pentagon views the land mines deployed in Korea as the major deterrent to a North Korean attack on South Korea, where some 37, 000 American soldiers are stationed.
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