This screen shot taken from Twitter.com shows the Twitter page of the U.S. military in Afghanistan. The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday, June 1, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

This screen shot taken from Twitter.com shows the Twitter page of the U.S. military in Afghanistan. The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday, June 1, 2009.

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