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Joint Staff Deputy Director for Regional Operations Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs Pentagon reporters on recent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq on May 31, 2006.

Joint Staff Deputy Director for Regional Operations Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs Pentagon reporters on recent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq on May 31, 2006.

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