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Commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces - Afghanistan Gen. David McKiernan, U.S. Army, holds a press briefing to update reporters on the latest developments in the fight to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan in the Pentagon on Feb. 18, 2009.

Gen. David McKiernan conducts a press briefing.

Commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces - Afghanistan Gen. David McKiernan, U.S. Army, holds a press briefing to update reporters on the latest developments in the fight to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan in the Pentagon on Feb. 18, 2009.

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