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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work receives a briefing by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Edward Reeder Jr., left, commander of NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan and Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, on his unit's cooperative mission with Afghan forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 22, 2014.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work receives a briefing by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Edward Reeder Jr., left, commander of NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan and Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, on his unit's cooperative mission with Afghan forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 22, 2014.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work receives a briefing by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Edward Reeder Jr., left, commander of NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan and Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, on his unit's cooperative mission with Afghan forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 22, 2014.

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