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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. receives an update from an Italian liaison officer in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn aboard the USS Mount Whitney in the Mediterranean Sea, March 24, 2011. The task force is the U.S. Africa Command task force providing operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya. Harris is the Joint Force Maritime Component commander aboard the Mount Whitney.

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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. receives an update from an Italian liaison officer in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn aboard the USS Mount Whitney in the Mediterranean Sea, March 24, 2011. The task force is the U.S. Africa Command task force providing operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya. Harris is the Joint Force Maritime Component commander aboard the Mount Whitney.

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