Pentagon rapid response operation

The Pentagon rapid response operation was a public relations initiative by the United States Department of Defense to "quickly respond to news media stories critical of ... the Iraq War, as well as other stories the Defense Department leadership doesn't like." == History == An October 3, 2006 memo written by Dorrance Smith, the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, obtained later by the Associated Press, described the team's role.

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