Secretary of State John Kerry mourned, Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer. She died when the group she was traveling with was struck by an explosion in Afghanistan. They were en route to traveling to donate textbooks.
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Commanding General Joseph Dunford discusses provocative comments from Afghanistan's president and the resulting increase in attacks on U.S. troops.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unity between their two nations on Monday, as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan.
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