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U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center back, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 22, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., far left, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, participated in the meeting.

PALACE MEETING

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center back, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 22, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., far left, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, participated in the meeting.

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