War_Conflict

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony at military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Mr. Karzai announced at the event that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a press conference during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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**FILE** Afghan security forces members stand guard at the site of a blast near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 18, 2013. The large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital as the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police they have been training. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A military police officer pepper-sprays a protester during a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro on June 17, 2013. Protesters massed in at least seven Brazilian cities for another round of demonstrations voicing disgruntlement about life in the country, raising questions about security during big events such as the ongoing Confederations Cup and a papal visit the following month. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken with a mobile phone Tuesday, June 11, 2013, vigilante youths pose for a photographs in Maiduguri, Nigeria. As soldiers continue an offensive against radical Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria, young men armed with machetes and sticks have now entered the streets of the region’s biggest city, targeting suspected fighters. (AP Photo/Abdulkareem Haruna)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012, file photo, alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary sits in a car as he leaves the Budapest Prosecutor's Office after he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes during WWII and prosecutors ordered his house arrest in Budapest, Hungary. (AP Photo/MTI, Bea Kallos, File)

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B. Todd Jones, nominated to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, faces a claim that he retaliated against a whistleblower. (Associated Press)