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By ELISABETH BUMILLER and BRIAN KNOWLTON, New York Times
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 7:57am

Petraeus Asserts Commitment to Afghan Effort

The general told a Senate panel that a 2011 deadline for the start of troop withdrawals was just “the beginning of a process.”

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