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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, and University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias, center left, before participating in a forum on local veterans issues at the university in Los Angeles, March 23, 2015.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, and University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias, center left, before participating in a forum on local veterans issues at the university in Los Angeles, March 23, 2015.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, and University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias, center left, before participating in a forum on local veterans issues at the university in Los Angeles, March 23, 2015.

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