Hamid Karzai

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens July 7, 2012, during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Clinton announced that President Obama had designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally shortly after arriving in the country for talks with Karzai. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, walks with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Saturday, July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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From left, President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari talk during a family picture of NATO leaders at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

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President Obama shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their meeting at the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday. Mr. Karzai thanked Americans for the help their "taxpayers' money" has done in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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President Obama (right) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their meeting at the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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At the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai prepare to sign a 10-page strategic partnership agreement that will govern the U.S. support role in the Southwest Asian nation after 2014. (Associated Press)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed laws that protect women's rights but also has made comments that have alarmed defenders of those rights. He ignited a firestorm last year when he attempted to bring all women's shelters under government control. (Associated Press)