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U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, left, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe; Italian Navy Adm. Giampaolo di Paola, NATO's military committee chairman, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force, meet at the NATO-Russia Council Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 20, 2010.

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U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, left, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe; Italian Navy Adm. Giampaolo di Paola, NATO's military committee chairman, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force, meet at the NATO-Russia Council Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 20, 2010.

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