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An honor guard member holds the NATO flag in preparation for a honor cordon for Danish Army Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, outside the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2014.

An honor guard member holds the NATO flag in preparation for a honor cordon for Danish Army Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, outside the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2014.

An honor guard member holds the NATO flag in preparation for a honor cordon for Danish Army Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, outside the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2014.

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