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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers survey the site of suicide bombing in Khar, the main town of Pakistan's Bajur tribal region, along theAfghan border, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest killing scores of people at an aid distribution center in northwestern Pakistan while army helicopter gunships and artillery killed a similar number of Islamic militants in neighboring tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan) (AP)

Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields (Ret.)

These aerial photos show the Afghan village of Tarok Kalache before and after American troops dropped nearly 25 tons worth of bombs and rockets on the area.

What 25 tons of bombs will do to an Afghan village

Adam Clark Estes

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Kelly Ayotte, Marco Rubio and Ron Johnson

Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist: A conservative liberals can love?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Right: Jeh C. Johnson

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, shakes hand with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Tarek El-tablawy, Patrick Quinn

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In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, a U.S. Marine, left, Flight Medic Staff Sgt. Richard Jarrett, second from right, and Crew Chief Spc. Bryan Channon, of Okla., help U.S. Marine Pfc. Justin Turner, center, of Flower Mound, Texas, who was wounded in an IED attack, aboard a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

101st Airborne coming home after deadly tour

Kristin M. Hall

Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses troops at Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool) (AP)

In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, a U.S. Marine, left, and U.S. Amy Flight Medic Staff Sgt. Richard Jarrett, right, rush U.S. Marine Pfc. Justin Turner, center, of Flower Mound, Texas, who was wounded in an IED attack, across an irrigated field deep with mud to a waiting U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

Pauline Jelinek

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Elena Becatoros

Angela Doland, Gabriele Steinhauser

REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with troops at Bagram Air Base, December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) (Reuters)

A servicemember greets his family at the airport.

Christopher R Walker

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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. For an early idea of how the Democratic White House and emboldened House Republicans will get along next year, keep an eye on Biden and California congressman Darrell Issa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

President Barack Obama walks across Pennsylvania Ave., and back to the White House following his working meeting with business leaders at the Blair House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec., 15, 2010.(AP Photo) (AP)

A U.S. Marine waits in the moonlight for a helicopter to transport them home for leave from Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Reuters)

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010, file photo Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, listens to questions during an answers and questions session in Kabul, Afghanistan. Holbrooke, a longtime U.S. diplomat who wrote part of the Pentagon Papers, was the architect of the 1995 Bosnia peace plan and served as President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File) (AP)

Glenn Greenwald

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Richard Holbrooke

Associated Press

2 more soldiers face court-martial in Afghan case

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Lolita C. Baldor

A Los Angeles police officer pays his respects during a memorial service for Marine Sgt. Maj. Robert Cottle, who was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb.

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