Posted on 06/28/2002 7:13:01 AM PDT by RoughDobermann
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military will step up random air patrols over major U.S. cities on the Fourth of July as a precaution, Pentagon officials told CNN Thursday.
"This is not in response to any specific threat," said a senior defense official. "It's more a recognition that it is a day of symbolic significance."
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