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ALINA CHO, co-anchor:

Here are this morning’s top stories at ABC News:

In a visit to Kabul this morning, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the US would re–remain committed to Afghanistan for a long time, and that Washington would make a significant contribution to its rebuilding. Powell met with interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai immediately after his arrival.

The body of the seventh Marine killed in last week’s crash of a refueling plane in Pakistan was given a color guard salute as it was put on a plane for the trip home.

And a student at the Appalachian School of Law in Virginia is under arrest for the shooting deaths of the school’s dean, a professor and another student. The alleged gunman had been dismissed from the school.

And those are some of the stories we’re following this hour at ABC.

Appalachian School of Law Shootings

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