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Mullen heading off-base in a nonmilitary suv. this is an unusual circumstance. to use the words in your question. certainly the focus of the mission still very much on the afghan people and it certainly is to engage with them. so again, i don t have all the details here and i m not sure i m exactly where we stand. but it is a reminder of both the dangers as well as the care with which we must take in terms of executing the totality of mission. we re hearing from those afghan sources that the missing sailor was wounded in a firefight with taliban militants, the u.s. military is offering a $20,000 reward for information on the abduction. and this year is shaping up to be the deadliest since the war in afghanistan began. 52 service members have died there this month. the high was 60 last month and we should also point out that ....