As further evidence of military operations winding down, McChrystal said the number of daily air missions had dropped to 700 to 800 in recent days, down from about 1, 000 a day.

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While the tidal wave of steeply discounted hotel properties didn't occur to the degree expected, a number of distressed properties still are winding through the system and selling on a one-off basis, said Jan Freitag, senior vice president of STR Global, a lodging research firm.

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