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Contents: Vote on Certain Pending Mil. Nominations; David McKiernan, Commander, Internat. Security Assist. Force, Afghanistan; Ray Odierno, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; Walter Sharp, Commander, Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea; David Petraeus, Commander, Internat. Security Assist. Force, Afghanistan; Nelson Ford, Under Sec. of the Army; Joseph Benkert, Assist. Sec. of Defense for Global Security Affairs; Sean Stackley, Assist. Sec. of the Navy for Res., Dev¿t., and Acquisition; Frederick Celec, Assist. to the Sec. of Defense for Nuclear and Chem. and Biol. Def. Programs; Michael Donley, Sec. of the USAF; Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, USAF; and Duncan McNabb, Commander, U.S. Transport. Command. Illus.
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