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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer congratulates U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal upon the general’s confirmation to take command of the alliance’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Belgium, June 12, 2009.

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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer congratulates U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal upon the general’s confirmation to take command of the alliance’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Belgium, June 12, 2009.

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