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Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, right, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, before a conference of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Oct. 10, 2012.

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Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, right, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, before a conference of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Oct. 10, 2012.

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