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Sen.John Kerry, left, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and ranking minority member Sen. Richard Lugar listen to the testimony of Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009. Mullen answered questions about the new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and proposed funding under that would triple non-military funding to Pakistan over the next decade.

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Sen.John Kerry, left, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and ranking minority member Sen. Richard Lugar listen to the testimony of Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009. Mullen answered questions about the new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and proposed funding under that would triple non-military funding to Pakistan over the next decade.

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