Article: Joint chiefs chairman: US will respond to pirates

The top US military officer says the United States is ready to meet any retaliation that might result from an elite Navy unit shooting a trio of pirates holding an American merchant sea captain hostage.

Threats along these lines were made in the wake of Sunday's Indian Ocean rescue. Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says "I take their comments seriously."

Mullen ...

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