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U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as Colombian Gen. Alejandro Navas, commander of Colombia's armed forces, speaks on Joint Task Force-Vulcano near Tibu, Colombia, March 27, 2012. Dempsey visited Colombian troops and engineers, and the U.S. troops who helped train them.

GENERAL'S TALK

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as Colombian Gen. Alejandro Navas, commander of Colombia's armed forces, speaks on Joint Task Force-Vulcano near Tibu, Colombia, March 27, 2012. Dempsey visited Colombian troops and engineers, and the U.S. troops who helped train them.

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