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BUSH MEETS WITH MILITARY LEADERS

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) meets with the incoming Commander for NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan Gen. Dan McNeill, in the Oval Office of The White House in Washington on January 24, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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