No exact date was given, but the first joint patrol will be carried out before December 15, said the statement, issued after a ministerial meeting of four countries held in Beijing.

四国在北京举行部长级会议后称第一次联手护航将在12月15日前执行，不过具体日期还没有给出。

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Court and police files show that Dorner once began weeping while on duty in a patrol car, awkwardly flashed his police badge on a first date and told a girlfriend he kept his emotions bottled up.

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Again, we want to ensure that a patrol in Afghanistan has the very best intelligence, the very up-to-date operational knowledge for what they're walking into.

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