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Pakistani officials get ready on Nov. 17, 2008 near Peshawar to escort trucks carrying supplies for NATO and U.S. forces to neighboring Afghanistan through Pakistan's Khyber Pass, an increasingly perilous 30-mile stretch. (Associated Press)

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Marines of the 1st Force Service Supply Group Forward respond to reports of an Iraqi force preparing to advance on them from the south during a sandstorm in southern Iraq on March 25, 2003. President Bush's legacy depends on a positive outcome in Iraq. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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A Russian Tu-95 bomber, surrounded by MiG-29s, participates in an air show marking 95th anniversary of the Russian air forces in August 2007. Coupled with newer long-range missiles, the slower but larger bombers are set to play a role in a modern military. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft taxies after a mission at Asad Air Base in western Iraq. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft taxies after a mission at Asad Air Base in western Iraq. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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About 20,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be transferred from NATO to direct American command in a bid to improve the training and coordination of the Afghan military and police, Pentagon officials announced Monday. Associated Press.

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"HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA" BY WILLS DE HASS One of Lewis Wetzel's famous tactics when fighting Indians was to run from them after shooting but to reload while they pursued him, then turn and shoot again. Below is a drawing of Fort Henry, site of the final frontier battle of the Revolutionary War. It grew into Wheeling, W.Va.

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With the Sears Tower behind them, pedestrians head away from their offices in downtown Chicago, Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001, in Chicago. Many Chicago buildings, including the Sears Tower, were shut down as security measures in response to the attack at the World Trade Center in New York.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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A cache (not pictured) of more than 170 unexploded practice bombs dating back to World War II has been found under a playground in the English town of Wooler in the U.K. In this photo, bombs and debris found by the Army Corps of Engineers at Odyssey Middle School are piled on the track at the school in Orlando, Fla. The school sits atop a World War II bombing range. (Associated Press)

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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (above, center) congratulates the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert J. Humphrey, at the 1968 convention. At right, Chicago police use nightsticks and tear gas to break up protests at the '68 convention.

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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (above, center) congratulates the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert J. Humphrey, at the 1968 convention. At right, Chicago Police use nightsticks and tear gas to break up protests at the '68 convention.

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In this Aug. 19, 2005, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of a supersonic strategic bomber leaving for a training mission, in Moscow.

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A horse driven cart moves past a Russian soldier at a checkpoint in Khurvaleti, near Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Russian troops and tanks control a wide swath of Georgia, including the country's main east-west highway. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised the withdrawal under terms of an EU-backed cease-fire agreement, but how quickly the troops will leave is unclear, as is exactly where they will redeploy. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaks during a security council meeting in Tbilisi on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Irakli Gedenidze, Pool)

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* *FILE ** Bruce E. Ivins was the architect of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people, the FBI has determined.

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Security guard Richard Jewell poses on Sunday, July 28, 1996, across from the tower where he found a bomb and warned visitors at Centennial Olympic Park early Saturday morning. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had named Jewell as a suspect in the bombing. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, William Berr) ** FILE **

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**FILE** The United Nations headquarters in New York

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A B-52 bomber, like this one at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, crashed off Guam, killing at least two people, the Air Force reported. (Associated Press)