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President Barack Obama talks with Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outside the outer Oval Office at the White House, July 6, 2016, following a statement to the press on Afghanistan. White House photo by Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama talks with Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outside the outer Oval Office at the White House, July 6, 2016, following a statement to the press on Afghanistan. White House photo by Pete Souza

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