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Egyptian Lt. Gen. Sami Hafez Enan, right, chief of staff of the armed forces, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walk up a staircase at the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 11, 2012.

Egyptian Lt. Gen. Sami Hafez Enan, right, chief of staff of the armed forces, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walk up a staircase at the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 11, 2012.

Egyptian Lt. Gen. Sami Hafez Enan, right, chief of staff of the armed forces, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walk up a staircase at the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 11, 2012.

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