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Afghanistan's Karzai promises an inclusive government

Nov. 4, 2009
Looking ahead to his second term, he also pledges to tackle corruption. But he offers no specific gestures toward his challenger Abdullah Abdullah. In his first public comments Tuesday since winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai struck a conciliatory note, pledging to form an inclusive...
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic