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Gerard Araud, left, French ambassador to the United States, watches as U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a National Order of Merit, commander class, in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2015.

Gerard Araud, left, French ambassador to the United States, watches as U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a National Order of Merit, commander class, in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2015.

Gerard Araud, left, French ambassador to the United States, watches as U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a National Order of Merit, commander class, in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2015.

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