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U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, left, Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of Defense for policy, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talk with Aghanistan President Hamid Karzai and others in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2010.

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U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, left, Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of Defense for policy, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talk with Aghanistan President Hamid Karzai and others in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2010.

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