Kuwait

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is part of a delegation that traveled to Kuwait and Afghanistan this week to visit troops (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)

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**FILE** U.S. Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf points Jan. 27, 1991, to a row of photos of Kuwait's Ahmadi Sea Island Terminal on fire after a U.S. attack on the facility. (Associated Press)

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Thousands march on a highway in Kuwait this month to protest a decree by the emir that amends election law. Widening clampdowns on an Islamist-led opposition ahead of parliamentary elections include bans on public gatherings of more than 20 people. The U.S. has about 15,000 ground forces in Kuwait. (Associated Press)

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Attendees at an Arab League conference on Syria on Monday, July 2, 2012, in Cairo include (from left) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu; Khalid Al Attiya, Qatar minister of state for international cooperation; Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister Hoshyar Zebari; Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby; Sheik Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, the Kuwaiti foreign minister; Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr; and Palestinian envoy Nasser Al Qudwa. (AP Photo)

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Kuwaiti Oil Minister Hani Abdulaziz Hussain speaks to journalists before the start of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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A collection of vehicles built to resist mine blasts and protect occupants from ambush are parked in a holding yard at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, awaiting shipment. (Army photograph)

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**FILE ** U.S. military vehicles in Kuwait being returned to the U.S. (Army photograph)

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**FILE** U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, the last American unit to leave Iraq, arrive at Camp Virginia in Kuwait. (Associated Press)