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Mon, 03/30/2009 - 04:26
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U.S. not to intercept N. Korean rocket: Gates

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Yonhap) -- The United States will not shoot down the rocket set to be fired by North Korea in early April unless it is approaching the United States, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Sunday.

"I think if we had an aberrant missile, one that was headed for Hawaii, that
looked like it was headed for Hawaii or something like that, we might consider
it," Gates told "FOX News Sunday." "But I don't think we have any plans to do
anything like that at this point."
hdh@yna.co.kr
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