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It was a "very brief conversation", he said.
After the phone call, Terry Jones, head of the Dove World Outreach Center, announced he had abandoned plans to torch hundreds of Korans on Saturday's ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
President Barack Obama's administration had debated whether to place the phone call to the pastor amid global condemnation of the church's plans.
The defense secretary’s view was that "if that phone call would save the life of one man or woman in uniform, it was a call worth placing", Morrell said.
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After the phone call, Terry Jones, head of the Dove World Outreach Center, announced he had abandoned plans to torch hundreds of Korans on Saturday's ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
President Barack Obama's administration had debated whether to place the phone call to the pastor amid global condemnation of the church's plans.
The defense secretary’s view was that "if that phone call would save the life of one man or woman in uniform, it was a call worth placing", Morrell said.
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