War_Conflict

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Bob Graham, co-chairman of the commission investigating the BP oil spill, said federal officials underestimated their challenge just as George Custer did at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the top American commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus speaks with Afghan military personnel during a tour of the U.S. run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) reacts during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee Palace on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, in Paris. Mr. Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Opposition members celebrate after National Electoral Council announced results of congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday , Sept 27, 2010. President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in elections Sunday, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)

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Soldiers wait in line before casting their ballots at a polling station during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, delivers a speech during a meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Paris. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Israeli activists of the 'Peace Now' movement wave Israeli flags as they stand next to placards, calling for the continuation of the construction slowdown in the West Bank settlements, during a protest outside Israel's Prime Ministerial residence, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2009. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Piles of building materials are placed on the ground at a construction site for a housing project in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. mediators were racing Sunday to find a compromise that would allow the fragile new Mideast talks to continue after an Israeli settlement slowdown expires at midnight. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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**FILE** A Palestinian man works at a construction site on Sept. 27 in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Yakir, south of the Palestinians town of Nablus. (Associated Press)

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Israeli earth-moving equipment works in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, near the West Bank village of Salfit, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas remains ready to walk out on Mideast peace talks if Israel resumes construction in its West Bank settlements now that building restrictions have expired. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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An Afghan police officer kicks a piece of debris at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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The vessel Irene, with nine Jewish activists aboard, sets sail on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, from the Famagusta harbor in the Turkish-occupied north of divided Cyprus in a bid to breach the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a roadside bomb in central Baghdad on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. The blast killed a passer-by and wounded several others in the mixed Sunni-Shi'ite Karradah neighborhood. Officials said the bomb appeared to be targeting a police patrol. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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"How do we develop the team between Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Cyber Command and others to work as a team to defend the nation in cyberspace?" asked Gen. Keith Alexander as he testifies on Capitol Hill on Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on cyberspace operations. (Associated Press)

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Colombia's Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera waves to journalists as he arrives for a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Rivera confirmed that Colombia's military killed Jorge Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, the field marshal and No. 2 commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in bombing raids and combat targeting a major encampment at the edge of the country's eastern plains. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)