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Wed May 2, 2012, 08:35 AM May 2012

Trip to Afghanistan Through the White House Lens

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President Obama participates in national security briefing aboard Air Force One before landing in Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Obama talks with Ambassador Ryan Crocker aboard Marine One en route to the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. Seated next to the President, from left, are Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough and Chief of Staff Jack Lew. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Obama greets hospital personnel in the ICU at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. The President presented ten Purple Hearts, three in the ICU. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Obama addresses the nation from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Obama boards Air Force One at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, as he departs for Washington, D.C., May 1, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


full set: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/presidents-trip-afghanistan
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