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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force a row of C-130 ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:52:44 GMT

(AP) - In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force a row of C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, during a Mobility Air Forces Exercise. The aircraft are participating in the biannual exercise, which provides realistic training for combat air force, mobility air force and U.S. Army personnel. (AP Photo/US Air Force - Airman 1st Class Stephanie Rubi)

Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:20:13 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)

US soldiers march along fifth avenue as part of the Veterans ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:32 GMT

(AFP/File) - US soldiers march along fifth avenue as part of the Veterans Day parade in New York, November 11. President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

Lesbian couple holds hands during a gay rights protest rally ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:41:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - Lesbian couple holds hands during a gay rights protest rally in Hollywood on May 2009. A Canadian court Friday ordered the country's refugee board to review the rejected asylum application of a lesbian US soldier who claimed her sexual orientation had prompted death threats.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

Demonstrators wave flags and banners in Washington on October ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - Demonstrators wave flags and banners in Washington on October 2009 as gay activists marched to demand civil rights. A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday.(AFP/File/Maria Belen Perez Gabilondo)

Mourners during the funeral service of Pfc. Francheska Velez ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:13 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Mourners during the funeral service of Pfc. Francheska Velez at Mount Olive Cemetery November 19 in Chicago. US commanders have authority to discipline soldiers promoting Islamist extremism even though military regulations do not mention "jihadist" militancy, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)

Attendees hold American flags during the funeral service for ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:13 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Attendees hold American flags during the funeral service for Pfc. Michael S. Pearson at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery November 14 in Joliet, Illinois. US commanders have authority to discipline soldiers promoting Islamist extremism even though military regulations do not mention "jihadist" militancy, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tasos Katopodis)

U.S. Army soldiers of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel operate ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:50 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Army soldiers of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel operate a 105mm Howitzer during a fire mission at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Afghan children look as a US Marine patrols Helmand Province. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:36 GMT

(AFP) - Afghan children look as a US Marine patrols Helmand Province. Bomb attacks have killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonah ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:13 GMT

(AP) - This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonah Rosemeyer, right, of Avon, Ind., taking a test on reaction and concentration time at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Greg ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:53 GMT

(AP) - This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Greg Rivers, 20, of Sylvester, Ga., holding his neck while waiting to take psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

This Sept. 29 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Doug Stapleton, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:46 GMT

(AP) - This Sept. 29 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Doug Stapleton, center right, and Cpl. Brandon Eaton waiting outside a building to take psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Eddie ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:21 GMT

(AP) - This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Eddie Lopez, right, and Lance Cpl. Chris Heffner, left, giving blood while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Afghan children look at a US Marine in Mian Poshteh in Helmand ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:02:59 GMT

(AFP) - Afghan children look at a US Marine in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. Bombers on Friday killed 18 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term in office that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)

Capt. Steve Speed, of the US Naval Academy, center, talks to ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:18 GMT

(AP) - Capt. Steve Speed, of the US Naval Academy, center, talks to Ralph Bayko, left, and his son Terrence during Academy Information Night at the Delaware Technical & Community College in Dover, Del., Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Members of Congress who have made the fewest nominations to the nation's three major military academies represent districts with large minority populations — at a time when the schools are trying to increase diversity, an Associated Press review has found. (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II)

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Spc. Joseph ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:51 GMT

(AP) - This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas. The Department of Defense announced Friday Nov. 20, 2009 the death of the Fort Lewis Washington soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. According to the Department of Defense Spc. Joseph M. Lewis died Nov. 17, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/US Army)

Afghan children look at a US Marine in Mian Poshteh in Helmand ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:57:48 GMT

(AFP) - Afghan children look at a US Marine in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck an Afghan town on Friday, killing 12 people in the deadliest attack since President Hamid Karzai got down to the business of a second term.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:32 GMT

(AP) - This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, of Newark, Del., sitting in an eye blink study room with sensors attached to his face while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows a U.S. Marine with a bag full ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:11 GMT

(AP) - This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows a U.S. Marine with a bag full of sample tubes between his feet while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this handout picture released by the US Army on November ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:42:43 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - In this handout picture released by the US Army on November 10, a coalition force soldier patrols past a bullet-riddled door in Shewan, Farah province. A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing six people and wounding 36 civilians, the provincial police chief said.(AFP/HO/File/Daniel Love)

US Marines patrol in Helmand Province on November 19. US Defense ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:58 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines patrol in Helmand Province on November 19. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said it is too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)

US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:57:37 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. A former White House security adviser has alleged the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of the Texas military base attack may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

Graphic on the Fort Hood US army base shooting spree which took ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:57:37 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic on the Fort Hood US army base shooting spree which took place on November 5.(AFP/null)

This image provided by the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:38:00 GMT

(AP) - This image provided by the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton shows the shadow of a Marine from Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force paying respect to 1st Lt. Thomas J. Claiborne, an AH-1W 'Super Cobra' pilot killed while conducting a training flight, after a memorial service at the Marine Memorial Chapel at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Thursday Nov. 19, 2009 in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The Super Cobra that Claiborne was piloting was involved in a mid-air collision with a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules near San Clemente Island, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. Christopher O'Quin)

This image provided by the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:37:19 GMT

(AP) - This image provided by the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton shows portraits of two AH-1W Super Cobra pilots with the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and seven U.S. Coast Guardsmen who died in a mid-air collision in October, were on display with flight suits and other equipment during a memorial service at the Marine Memorial Chapel Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Thursday Nov. 19, 2009 in Twentynine Palms, Calif. More than 300 Marines, sailors, coast guardsmen, family members and friends of those who knew the deceased, attended the memorial service. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. Christopher O'Quin)

A member of the U.S. Army Southern Command medical brigades ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:05:18 GMT

(AP) - A member of the U.S. Army Southern Command medical brigades distributes medicine to victims of lates floods in Guadalupe , El Salvador, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. According to authorities, flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 124 people and left almost 7000 people affected nearly two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)

A nurse checks the blood pressure of a victim of recent floods ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:01:27 GMT

(AP) - A nurse checks the blood pressure of a victim of recent floods as another affected people line up to receive attention from the U.S. Army Southern Command medical brigades in Guadalupe , El Salvador, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. According to authorities, flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 124 people and left almost 7000 people affected nearly two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)

The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:59:20 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin, pictured on November 18, at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)

US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:55:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14. The former top commander of US troops in Asia on Thursday strongly defended Obama against critics of his bow to Emperor Akihito, calling it a gesture of respect.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

US Marines of 2nd Battalion 2 Marines of 2nd Marine Expeditionary ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:32 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines of 2nd Battalion 2 Marines of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade patrol with the Afghan National Army in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts like a sweeping health care overhaul.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)

A U.S. Army honor guard gives a 21 gun salute during funeral ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:24:33 GMT

(AP) - A U.S. Army honor guard gives a 21 gun salute during funeral ceremonies for Pvt. Francheska Velez at the Mt. Olive Cemetery Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 in Chicago. Velez, 21, Velez, who was pregnant, was among 13 people killed when a fellow soldier allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood earlier this month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Afghan children look at a US Marine of 2nd Battalion 2 Marines ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:23:21 GMT

(AFP) - Afghan children look at a US Marine of 2nd Battalion 2 Marines of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade patrolling with the Afghan National Army in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and vowed to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to political rivals, under Western pressure to restore legitimacy.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)

A U.S. Army honor guard folds the American flag during funeral ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:23:11 GMT

(AP) - A U.S. Army honor guard folds the American flag during funeral ceremonies for Pvt. Francheska Velez at the Mt. Olive Cemetery Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 in Chicago. Velez, 21, Velez, who was pregnant, was among 13 people killed when a fellow soldier allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood earlier this month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A U.S. Army honor guard carrie the body of Pvt. Francheska Velez ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:22:52 GMT

(AP) - A U.S. Army honor guard carrie the body of Pvt. Francheska Velez at the Mt. Olive Cemetery Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 in Chicago. Velez, 21, Velez, who was pregnant, was among 13 people killed when a fellow soldier allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood earlier this month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A U.S. Army honor guard carry the body of Pvt. Francheska Velez ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:22:32 GMT

(AP) - A U.S. Army honor guard carry the body of Pvt. Francheska Velez at the Mt. Olive Cemetery Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 in Chicago. Velez, 21, Velez, who was pregnant, was among 13 people killed when a fellow soldier allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood earlier this month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

US President Barack Obama, seen here at a US military airbase ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:11:40 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama, seen here at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, has said a US envoy will visit North Korea early next month, as he joined South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in urging the communist state back to nuclear talks.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)

Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers 17th St. Canal Outfall Canal in New Orleans, blast out water out of the lower lying areas of New Orleans and back into Lake Pontchartrain, in 2007. The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

Dogs chase after their jogging owners along the repaired levee ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:19 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Dogs chase after their jogging owners along the repaired levee wall in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana, in May 2009. The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

Actor Richard Dreyfuss talks with Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:30 GMT

(AP) - Actor Richard Dreyfuss talks with Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Russler of the U.S. Marine Band after a program on the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at Soldiers' National Cemetery in, Gettysburg, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

This 2000 picture obtained November 10, from the Uniformed Services ...

(AFP/USUHS-HO/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:22 GMT

(AFP/USUHS-HO/File) - This 2000 picture obtained November 10, from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) shows Major Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student. The US army major accused of the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead was warned repeatedly over his poor job performance, US media reported Thursday.(AFP/USUHS-HO/File)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, poses ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:03:56 GMT

(AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, poses with U.S. Army soldiers during a brief visit to the U.S. camp at the military airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, poses ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:36 GMT

(AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, poses with U.S. Army soldiers during a brief visit to the U.S. camp at the military airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

U.S. Army soldiers of 2/377 Task Force Steel eat at a restaurant ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:52:14 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Army soldiers of 2/377 Task Force Steel eat at a restaurant at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)

U.S. Army PFC Davaris White of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo cooks ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:33 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Army PFC Davaris White of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo cooks at their mess hall at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)

U.S. Army soldiers of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo serve themselves ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:28 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Army soldiers of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo serve themselves food at their mess hall at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)

U.S. Army soldiers of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo serve themselves ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:06 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Army soldiers of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo serve themselves food at their mess hall at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY SOCIETY)

U.S. army soldiers of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo wait in line ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:57 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. army soldiers of 3/509 Task Force Geronimo wait in line to get food at their mess hall at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)

A U.S. Army soldier carries his plate of food during meal time ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:09:14 GMT

(AP) - A U.S. Army soldier carries his plate of food during meal time at the U.S. Army Combat Outpost McClain, Logar province, Afghanistan Thursday Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) walks with U.S. Forces Korea ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:04:11 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) walks with U.S. Forces Korea commander Walter Sharp (3rd L) and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens (L) before his departure from South Korea at the U.S. airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, November 19, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on North Korea on Thursday to return to stalled nuclear talks and end its atomic ambitions in return for massive economic aid. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

An officer of the Afghan national police frisks a man at a checkpoint ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:56:45 GMT

(AP) - An officer of the Afghan national police frisks a man at a checkpoint as U.S. soldiers belonging to the 118th Airborne MP Company watch near the town of Balisal Afghan, Logar province, Afghanistan Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Security into the capital city of Kabul was heightened as President Hamid Karzai was scheduled to be inaugurated for his second term in office. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)