US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, laughs during a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Saturday July 7, 2012. The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally," an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014 and as a political statement of support for Afghanistan's long-term stability. (AP Photo//Brendan Smialowski, Pool)