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U.S. President Barack Obama makes opening remarks during the meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, center, U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, far right, NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, back left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, back center, joined Obama.

OPENING REMARKS

U.S. President Barack Obama makes opening remarks during the meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, center, U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, far right, NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, back left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, back center, joined Obama.

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