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Joint Chiefs chair: Afghanistan now top priority

May. 4, 2009
The U.S. military's primary focus needs to shift immediately from Iraq to Afghanistan, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch