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Published 1/29/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke will make his first trip to the region next week after stopping in Germany for a security conference, the State Department said on Thursday.
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