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Panetta Visits, Commends Georgian Troops in Afghanistan
March 14, 2012
COMBAT OUTPOST SHUKVANI, Afghanistan, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Press Service issued the following news release:

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta visited the Georgian 31st Battalion here today and read troops a letter from their former commander, who was wounded and is undergoing treatment in the United States.

"I wanted to come here and thank you for your sacrifices," the secretary said.

Georgia has . . .

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