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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta gets a briefing from Jeremy B. Bash, left, chief of staff, and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly, senior military assistant, on the developing situation in Afghanistan on a Air Force E-4B National Airborne Operations Center en route to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 12, 2012.

ONBOARD BRIEFING

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta gets a briefing from Jeremy B. Bash, left, chief of staff, and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly, senior military assistant, on the developing situation in Afghanistan on a Air Force E-4B National Airborne Operations Center en route to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 12, 2012.

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