REFILE-UPDATE 1-U.S. vows to pursue militants behind Algeria attack
January 18, 2013 at 09:51 AM EST
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday militants who attacked the United States and its citizens will be hunted down, in the first comments by a senior U.S. official on a hostage attack by Islamist militants in Algeria.