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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, center, looks over the damage to the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2013. Consulate personnel fought off an attack by the Taliban a day earlier.

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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, center, looks over the damage to the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2013. Consulate personnel fought off an attack by the Taliban a day earlier.

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