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Sharana Chat

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives on Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan, April 7, 2013. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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