
** FILE ** Afghan security forces shoot in the air to disperse protesters outside American military base during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Mehterlam, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Afghan police fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break into an American military base in the country's east to vent their anger over the Koran burnings incident. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Military parade celebrates Army’s 250th
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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