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Joint Staff Director of Operations Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs reporters on current U.S. military activities around the globe in the Pentagon on Oct. 16, 2007.

Lt. Gen. Carter Ham briefs reporters.

Joint Staff Director of Operations Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Army, briefs reporters on current U.S. military activities around the globe in the Pentagon on Oct. 16, 2007.

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