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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, left, director for operations, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, director for strategic plans and policy, both of the Joint Staff, hold a Pentagon press briefing, April 30, 2008. The two officers answered questions ranging from the deployment of two aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf to the recent increase in U.S. casualities in Iraq.

JOINT STAFF BRIEFING

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, left, director for operations, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, director for strategic plans and policy, both of the Joint Staff, hold a Pentagon press briefing, April 30, 2008. The two officers answered questions ranging from the deployment of two aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf to the recent increase in U.S. casualities in Iraq.

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