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U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, shakes the hand of an Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolman in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2010. Petraeus visited leaders there at the conclusion of the order's three-day leadership seminar.

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, shakes the hand of an Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolman in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2010. Petraeus visited leaders there at the conclusion of the order's three-day leadership seminar.

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, shakes the hand of an Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolman in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2010. Petraeus visited leaders there at the conclusion of the order's three-day leadership seminar.

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