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Army Lt. Gen. Michael L. Oates, left, director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, and Col. Jeffery Martindale, right, with the International Security Assistance Force, wait for a helicopter in Aghrandab District Center, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 13, 2010. Oates visited the district center to review operations. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ian Schell

Army Lt. Gen. Michael L. Oates, left, director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, and Col. Jeffery Martindale, right, with the International Security Assistance Force, wait for a helicopter in Aghrandab District Center, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 13, 2010. Oates visited the district center to review operations. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ian Schell

Army Lt. Gen. Michael L. Oates, left, director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, and Col. Jeffery Martindale, right, with the International Security Assistance Force, wait for a helicopter in Aghrandab District Center, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 13, 2010. Oates visited the district center to review operations. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ian Schell

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