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Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, Joint Chiefs of Staff director of Operations, answers a reporter's question while Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, Joint Chiefs of Staff director for Strategic Plans and Policy, watches during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2007.

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Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, Joint Chiefs of Staff director of Operations, answers a reporter's question while Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, Joint Chiefs of Staff director for Strategic Plans and Policy, watches during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2007.

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