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JAMES JEFFREYdeputy national security adviser, on the U.S. plan to spend up to $60 million to try to destroy the spy satellite, for which they have a 10-second window to fire
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008

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  • BRYAN WHITMAN
  • Pentagon spokesperson, dismissing suggestions that the navy's $60-million operation to destroy a broken satellite is actually designed to test the nation's missile defense systems
Photo: U.S. Navy / AP | Source: CNN