Throughout this entire time, the enemy force continued to search for 44 Bravo and the joint Force continued to strike them over and over and over again. Fighting off marginal weather in Iran and the enemy's search for a second time. On Saturday, At the recommendation of the CENTCOM commander and at the approval of the Secretary and the President, we launched a rescue task force to recover dude 44 Bravo. Again, this came to the President and The Secretary for approval, this time with a much larger force package based on the time that the enemy had to Prepare to find 4 4B. (37:45–37:55)
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Asserts that a rescue task force was launched with approval from CENTCOM, the Secretary, and the President.
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