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In this Monday Sept. 27, 2010 photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the top American commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus, center, tours the grounds of the U.S.-run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. military opened the new prison named after the surrounding Parwan province in November to replace the original facility in an effort to improve living conditions and reintegration programs. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

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In this Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 file picture, tears run down the cheeks of U.S. Staff Sgt. Alicia Watkins from Washington D.C. as she salutes during a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at a U.S. military base in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

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In this Friday, May 28, 2010 file picture, police officers walk past a burning oil tanker carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was attacked on Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2002 file picture, a U.S. Air Force pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt attack jet returns from a combat mission, in Bagram air base, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001 file picture, Marine Lance Cpl. Chris McNeely, right, of Whiting, Kan., holds his battlefield hymnal as he attends a memorial service at Camp Rhino in southern Afghanistan, to commemorate the three-month anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, Pool, File)

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In this Saturday, March 15, 2008 file picture, thousands of anti-war protesters walk past the Houses of Parliament in central London, calling for troops to be pulled out from Iraq and Afghanistan and to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

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In this Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 file picture, Pakistani army 130mm artillery guns fire towards militant positions in the Bajur tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan. Pakistan is battling surging attacks by al-Qaida and Taliban militants. Most of them are based in the rugged and lawless tribal region across from Afghanistan, where U.S. and NATO forces are fighting an increasingly tenacious Islamist insurgency. Al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri are believed to be hiding somewhere along the border. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

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In this undated photo released on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un, center in front, poses with North Korean soldiers who participated in a coordinated drill of a military unit of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea's heir apparent observed military drills with his father, according to a state media report Tuesday, heralding a growing public profile for Kim Jong Un as he takes on a more prominent role in the reclusive nation. Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Ho stands at front right and Defense Chief Kim Yong Chun stands at second right in front. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this undated photo released on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il wearing sunglasses at center front and his third son Kim Jong Un wearing black suit, standing third from Kim Jong Il's left, pose with North Korean soldiers who participated in a coordinated drill of a military unit of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea's heir apparent observed military drills with his father, according to a state media report Tuesday, heralding a growing public profile for Kim Jong Un as he takes on a more prominent role in the reclusive nation. Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Ho stands at first from Kim Jong Il's left and Defense Chief Kim Yong Chun stands at second from Kim Jong Il's left. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this undated photo released on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front right, and his third son Kim Jong Un, front left, pose with North Korean soldiers who participated in a coordinated drill of a military unit of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea's heir apparent observed military drills with his father, according to a state media report Tuesday, heralding a growing public profile for Kim Jong Un as he takes on a more prominent role in the reclusive nation. Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Ho stands at second right in front and Defense Chief Kim Yong Chun stands at second left in front. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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Hot air balloons, including a flying pig, float over Albuquerque, N.M., on the third day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Korte)

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Hot air balloons fill the skies over an office complex in Albuquerque, N.M., on the third day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Korte)

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Hot air balloons fill the sky during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Hot air balloons ascend during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. About 500 balloons were registered for the annual event. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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President Obama speaks at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama looks over his podium after the presidential seal fell off of it while he was speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Yemeni security forces and forensics personnel attend the scene where an attack took place on a convoy carrying a senior British diplomat in capital San'a Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo)

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A Pakistani firefighter tries to extinguish burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Quetta, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan torched a dozen tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops and killed a driver Wednesday, police said, the latest strike against supply convoys heading for Afghanistan since Pakistan shut a key border crossing last week. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

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President Obama is accompanied by Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., at a White House summit where he announced a plan to link community colleges with potential employers. (Associated Press)