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    Afghan Attack Hits Aircraft of Top US General

    The chair of America's Joint Chiefs of Staff had to leave Afghanistan later than scheduled today. His C-17 transport plane was disabled by rockets or other projectiles fired by insurants outside the heavily fortified Bagram Airfield. Rich Oppel is in Kabul for the New York Times .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The chair of America's Joint Chiefs of Staff had to leave Afghanistan later than scheduled today. His C-17 transport plane was disabled by rockets or other projectiles fired by insurants outside the heavily fortified Bagram Airfield. Rich Oppel is in Kabul for the New York Times.

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Richard Oppel

      New York Times

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Do Social Security and Medicare Need to Be Reformed?
    1. 0:00Afghan Attack Hits Aircraft of Top US GeneralYou’re reading this
    2. 7:32Is the US Facing Generational Warfare?
    3. 40:04Nonprofits Groups and Dark Money in the Presidential Campaign
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