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**FILE** NATO soldiers walk under country member flags at a NATO base at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 30, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Chinese authorities are believed to be inflicting "harassment and abuse" on family members to Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese activist living in the United States. (Associated Press)

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NATO soldiers walk under country-member flags at a NATO base at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Soldiers assist with communications and security tasks outside the building at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state where the court-martial of U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell was taking place on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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President Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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New Orleans Police investigate shooting at the intersection Frenchman Street at N. Villere on Mother's Day in New Orleans, Sunday May 12, 2013. Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17, police said. (AP Photo/Doug Parker)

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NATO service members haul in supplies that will be used at the first established facility aboard Camp Shorabak intended specifically for surgical care. The unit will allow Afghans to perform ambulatory care independent of coalition support. (Defense Department)

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British troops demonstrate the use of medical equipment at the first level 2 facility in Helmand province, where Afghan troops are suffering heavy casualties. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

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A member of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard prepares for the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four who sacrificed in Vietnam.

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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard arrive to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)