Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta shares a laugh with the commander of ISAF Joint Command and deputy commander of Forces-Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, and the senior enlisted adviser for IJC, Command Sgt. Major John Troxell, Dec. 15 in Kabul. Panetta arrived at the Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, where IJC is located, Dec. 13 and took the opportunity to meet with coalition and Afghan leaders while visiting with deployed troops. After leaving Afghanistan, he will continue on to Baghdad, where he will observe the transition and end of combat missions in Iraq.


Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta shares a laugh with the commander of ISAF Joint Command and deputy commander of Forces-Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, and the senior enlisted adviser for IJC, Command Sgt. Major John Troxell, Dec. 15 in Kabul. Panetta arrived at the Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, where IJC is located, Dec. 13 and took the opportunity to meet with coalition and Afghan leaders while visiting with deployed troops. After leaving Afghanistan, he will continue on to Baghdad, where he will observe the transition and end of combat missions in Iraq. Secretary of Defense visits Afghanistan 499485


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