What rating of DEFCON did Donald Rumsfeld's call for during the September 11th attacks?
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DEFCON 5
DEFCON 3
DEFCON 2
DEFCON 4
DEFCON 3.
Prior to September 11, 2001 the only time U.S. military forces were at DEFCON 3 was the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the 1973 Yom Kippur War when the Soviet Union threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt.
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