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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday the U.S. is positioning its forces across the globe to prepare for a war on terrorism that will focus on more than Afghanistan and its Taliban leaders.

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President Bush has said he is ready to sign a $15 billion emergency assistance to bolster U.S. airline companies crippled since the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

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U.S. military forces continued to mobilize Friday, following President Bush's warning last night the armed forces should "be ready" to act.

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Terence Smith reports on reaction to President Bush's address before Congress from the nation's editorial pages and the public.

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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt left its port today and a reported 100 combat aircraft were ordered to begin moving toward the Persian Gulf area.

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Layoffs of tens of thousands of employees at American and United Airlines, which come in response to slow traffic after last week's hijackings, are the latest blow to the crippled aviation industry.

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President Bush leads a Rose Garden ceremony to honor those who "helped rebuild shattered lives" in the attacks' aftermath.

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Robert MacNeil talks to four correspondents from The New York Times stationed in London, Hamburg, Moscow, and Cairo about international reaction to the terrorist attacks.

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The following is the full text of President Bush's comments urging Americans not to blame Muslims or Arab-Americans for Tuesday's attacks. He spoke before the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C.

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U.S. military pilots were told to shoot down hijacked commercial airplanes over Washington, Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.

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