U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who had privately advised the administration against stationing U.S. Marines in Lebanon, said there would be no change in the U.S.'s Lebanon policy.
Forsvarsminister Caspar Weinberger, som privat havde frarådet regeringen nogensinde at stationere amerikanske marineinfanterister i Libanon,sagde, at der ikke ville ske nogen ændring i USA's Libanon-politik.