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Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy, left, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Nicholson, Joint Staff's director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan coordination cell, listen to questions during an appearance at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2009. Questions focused on the new Afghanistan stratagy and the implications for the United States and NATO coalition.

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Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy, left, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Nicholson, Joint Staff's director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan coordination cell, listen to questions during an appearance at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2009. Questions focused on the new Afghanistan stratagy and the implications for the United States and NATO coalition.

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