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NEW ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF ATTENDS FIRST GENERAL STAFF MEETING

The new Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi (R) reads a document during his first General Staff meeting after his appointment to the post at military base in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2007. Ashkenazi, a former infantry general, was installed February 14th as Israel's new military chief of staff, taking on the formidable task of restoring confidence in the armed forces after last year's botched war in Lebanon. The officer on right is unidentified. (UPI Photo/Ariel Schalit/POOL)

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