Official said Trump immediately gave his approval. We have to get him, trump said, according to the White House press Secretary Caroline Levitt. The effort to recover the officer set off a sprawling, high-risk rescue mission involving some 100 special operation forces, dozens of US warplanes and helicopters, and a last-minute Central Intelligence Agency deception campaign to buy more time, the official said. quote, when airmen go down, you can't get them in very tough countries like in Vietnam, trump told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday morning. He was able to climb, climb up. (08:59–09:31)
CLAIM
Asserts that the rescue mission involved 100 special operation forces, US warplanes, helicopters, and a CIA deception campaign.
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