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Charles and Caroline Brennikmeyer of Falls Church, Va. hug their dad, Maj. Oscar Brennikmeyer, U.S. Air Force, after he arrives on a military charter flight home from a six-month deployment in Afghanistan at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Friday was Charles' 14th birthday, and he said having his dad home was the best birthday gift ever. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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Charles and Caroline Brennikmeyer of Falls Church, Va. hug their dad, Maj. Oscar Brennikmeyer, U.S. Air Force, after he arrives on a military charter flight home from a six-month deployment in Afghanistan at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Friday was Charles' 14th birthday, and he said having his dad home was the best birthday gift ever. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Afghan policemen keep watch from atop city police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, following the killing of an American adviser by an Afghan policewoman, according to a senior Afghan police official. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2012, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

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Afghan police stand guard outside police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, where an American adviser was killed, authorities said, by an Afghan policewoman on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Policemen and firefighters investigate the scene of a burning market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Hundreds of shops at a market were damaged in the blaze, but no causalities were reported. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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** FILE ** U.S. Army Sgt. William Womack, 23, of Batesville, Ga., of the 118th Military Police Company, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., is prone during a training session for the Afghan National Police at a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province in 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Afghan security men inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, has been a trooper on foreign policy for President Obama, flying to Afghanistan and Pakistan many times to discuss diplomatic issues. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, goes to shake hands with Army Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams, right, after Abrams introduced Panetta to the troops during a visit to Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks to the troops during a visit to Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta meets with troops at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, before boarding his plane and heading back to Washington. Panetta spent three days in Afghanistan meeting with troops, commanders and Afghani leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)