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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace briefs reporters at the Pentagon on Nov. 7, 2001, concerning the progress of on-going military operations against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Pace briefs reporters at the Pentagon.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace briefs reporters at the Pentagon on Nov. 7, 2001, concerning the progress of on-going military operations against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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