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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace provides reporters with an operational update on the missions in Afghanistan during a Pentagon press briefing on Nov. 6, 2001.

Gen. Pace provides reporters with an operational update on the missions in Afghanistan

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace provides reporters with an operational update on the missions in Afghanistan during a Pentagon press briefing on Nov. 6, 2001.

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