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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta flies in a helicopter with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, over Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2012.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta flies in a helicopter with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, over Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2012.

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