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U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, gives then-Sen. Barack Obama an aerial tour over Baghdad on July 21, 2008. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) joined the presidential candidate on his tour of the Middle East and Europe.
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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bill Mesta replaces an official picture of outgoing President George W. Bush with that of newly-sworn-in President Obama, in the lobby of the headquarters of the U.S. Naval Station, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Obama meets with Gen. Ray Odierno at Baghdad's Camp Victory. The president made a surprise visit to Iraq at the end of his first overseas trip to Europe as president.
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Obama greets troops at Baghdad's Camp Victory on April 7, 2009.
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Obama makes remarks after private meetings with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan on May 6, 2009.
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On Air Force One on Oct. 2, 2009, Obama and Gen. Stanley McChrystal discuss the war in Afghanistan and the troops needed to fight it.
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Obama salutes during the dignified transfer of Sergeant Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Oct. 29, 2009. The president traveled to the base to meet the plane carrying the bodies of 18 American personnel killed in Afghanistan on Oct. 26, including Griffin.
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On Dec. 1, 2009, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Obama outlines his plan for an initial increase of about 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, as prelude to transitioning U.S. forces out of that country.
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After Rolling Stone magazine publishes an article quoting McChrystal disparaging the Obama administration, Obama announces in the White House Rose Garden on June 23, 2010, that he is replacing McChrystal as top commander of the U.S. Force in Afghanistan with Petraeus.
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Obama arrives to address troops at Bagram on Dec. 3, 2010. Paying a surprise visit to Afghanistan, he praised U.S. troops for their sacrifice and "important progress" in a nine-year war increasingly unpopular at home.
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Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretray of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with members of the national security team, receive updates on the mission to capture Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011.
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During a wreath-laying ceremony at Ground Zero on May 5, 2011, Obama carries a wreath with New York police officer Stephanie Moses, left, New York firefighter Joseph Lapointe and Port Authority police officer John Adorno. Obama also visited a New York Fire Department firehouse and met with families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
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Obama awards U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, from Santa Fe, N.M., the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 12, 2011. Petry was the ninth service member to be named a recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Obama addresses the troops at RAAF Darwin during a visit to Australia on Nov. 17, 2011. Obama signalled a pivotal US policy shift toward Asia, pledging not to let Washington's budget crunch compromise his expansive vision and military presence in the region.
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Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Ceremony on Dec. 12, 2011.
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Obama speaks during a tribute to the troops on Dec.14, 2011 at Fort Bragg, N.C. All U.S. troops left Iraq by Dec. 31.
U.S. soldiers assist Ugandan Airforce personnel in packaging food supplies at a military airbase in Entebbbe, Uganda on Dec. 6, 2011. The supplies were destined for frontline Ugandan troops hunting the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). In October, Obama sent 100 special forces soldiers to track down LRA leader Joseph Kony, who has committed atrocities in the region for over two decades.
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Pakistani tribesmen shout anti-U.S. slogans during a Feb. 25, 2012 protest in Islamabad against U.S. drone attacks. In Jan. 2012, Obama confirmed for the first time that U.S. drones target Taliban and al-Qaeda militants on Pakistani soil, but American officials do not discuss details of the covert program.
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Obama delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2012. The said the U.S. won't hesitate to use military force to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, while asserting there is still time for diplomacy and sanctions to work.
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Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign a strategic partnership agreement on May 2, 2012 at the presidential palace in Kabul.
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Obama speaks to troops at Bagram Air Base in Kabul on May 2 after signing the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Karzai.
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