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AP10ThingsToSee - An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard on a military vehicle in the Narai military camp in the Ghazi Abad district in Kunar province, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Taliban insurgents attacked army checkpoints in the area on Sunday, Feb. 23, killing 21 soldiers. It was the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. faces reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, following a closed-door Democratic policy meeting. The Senate seemed ready Tuesday to vote preliminary approval of a sprawling Democratic bill expanding health, education and other benefits for veterans, but the election-year measure faced conservative opposition and an uncertain fate as Republicans try to make it smaller and find ways to pay for it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
