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Afghanistan policy, Peter Diamond withdrawal and Obama's golf outing with Boehner top the agenda in Carney's session with reporters.

Highlights:

Obama to talk to Karzai June 8.

Jokes Obama, Boehner will "resolve all their differences" during June 18 golf outing.

"This is more of a social outing" and Carney doesn't expect them to hammer out debt deal, but says "They get along very well, I think."

Peter Diamond an "enormously" qualified candidate, and it's "regrettable" that a Nobel Laureate could not get approved to the Fed post.

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