WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) gavels in a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) gavels in a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.

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  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: The Dalai Lama arrives for a meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama has been in Washington meeting with members of the U.S. government for the past two days.
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  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) questions witnesses during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) gavels in a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) questions witnesses during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) (L) questions witnesses during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan with ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  13. BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 24: Interim Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) speaks at a press conference on September 24, 2009 at the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Kirk, the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, will take over Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat that was left vacated from his passing on August 25.
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  16. US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) makes remarks during the executive session on the revised health-care reform on September 22, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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