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Panetta seeks Afghan-training help

By LOLITA C. BALDOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 5:11 a.m.

Credit: AP
Italian Defense Minister Giampaolo Di Paola (left) greets U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at a meeting Wednesday of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the NATO coalition has turned an important corner in Afghanistan, and has come too far and spilled too much blood to let insider attacks or anything else undermine the mission there.

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