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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director for operations, J-3, on the Joint Staff, briefs Pentagon reporters, Aug. 16, 2007. Ham pointed out that there are military teams assisting at the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the Utah coal mine cave-in and the USNS Comfort is conducting humanitarian operations.

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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director for operations, J-3, on the Joint Staff, briefs Pentagon reporters, Aug. 16, 2007. Ham pointed out that there are military teams assisting at the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the Utah coal mine cave-in and the USNS Comfort is conducting humanitarian operations.

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