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Jack Kem briefs reporters in the Pentagon about the challenges facing NATO trainers in Afghanistan, where new army or police recruits often are unable to read or write, May 23, 2011. Kem is the deputy to the commander, NATO Training Mission Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan.

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Jack Kem briefs reporters in the Pentagon about the challenges facing NATO trainers in Afghanistan, where new army or police recruits often are unable to read or write, May 23, 2011. Kem is the deputy to the commander, NATO Training Mission Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan.

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