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Joint Staff Deputy Director for Regional Operations Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs reporters in the Pentagon during an operational update briefing on June 14, 2006.

Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs reporters in the Pentagon.

Joint Staff Deputy Director for Regional Operations Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs reporters in the Pentagon during an operational update briefing on June 14, 2006.

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