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A damaged building is seen through a window on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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Army Gen. Carter Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command, lacked what is called a commander in-extremis force, which other combatant forces have set up to respond to crises such as Benghazi. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands in Swanton, Ohio, with World War II and Korean War veterans returning on an Honor Flight from Washington on Sept. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Rebel fighters run for cover through smoke from an explosion as they try to repel a coordinated attack from mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire by loyalists of President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, photo, damaged buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Karm al-Jebel battlefield after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over enemy positions as they wait for Syrian army troops to enter a street during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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In this Thursday November 1, 2012 citizen journalism image, provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, black smoke rise up from bombing by a Syrian forces warplane in Taftanaz village, Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian rebels killed more than 75 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
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In this Thursday November 1, 2012, citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect shops and a mosque which were damaged in shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the village of Taftanaz, Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian rebels killed more than 75 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)
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In this picture taken on Thursday November 1, 2012 citizen journalism image, provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect a mosque which was destroyed in shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the village of Taftanaz, Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian rebels killed more than 75 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)
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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters carry out a bomb through the front line streets as they prepare an attack against Syrian army troops during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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In this Thursday November 1, 2012 citizen journalism image, provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians check damaged shops and a mosque destroyed in shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the village of Taftanaz, Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian rebels killed more than 75 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over their enemy's position as they prepare themselves to shoot an shoulder-fired rocket towards an army tank in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).
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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter runs for cover at the front line during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
