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Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, while Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace looks on, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2007.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, while Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace looks on, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2007.

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