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The U.S. special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, John F. Sopko, said Wednesday that billions of dollars in reconstruction assistance to that war-torn nation are being lost to graft and corruption. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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FILE - This April 23, 2014 file photo shows U.S. Army Specialist Kyle White during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama is presenting the Medal of Honor to a former Army sergeant who saved a fellow soldier's life and helped secure the evacuation of other wounded Americans while under persistent fire during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan. Obama was to award the medal to Kyle J. White during a ceremony Tuesday at the White House. White, a 27-year-old Seattle native now living in Charlotte, N.C., will be the seventh living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Afghan security personnel gets the area under control after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing two police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed several policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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In this picture taken on Monday, May 11, 2014, an Afghan barber cleans up his shop that was damaged in a deadly suicide attack Monday targeting an Afghan army vehicle, in the Maywand district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing two police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. The Taliban offensive comes at a sensitive time this year, against the backdrop of the country's presidential election. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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In this picture taken on Monday, May 11, 2014, Afghans look at the site of a deadly suicide attack Monday targeting an Afghan army vehicle, in the Maywand district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing two police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. The Taliban offensive comes at a sensitive time this year, against the backdrop of the country's presidential election. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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Afghan police officers inspect a police vehicle after it was attacked by militants in Jalalbad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Attackers targeted a police vehicle and detonated a roadside bomb, wounding at least six people, including several policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Afghan security personal surround the area after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan killing police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed many policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
