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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, left, commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and brother of outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, salutes during the national anthem as part of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff change of responsibility ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., April 10, 2007.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, left, commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and brother of outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, salutes during the national anthem as part of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff change of responsibility ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., April 10, 2007.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, left, commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and brother of outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, salutes during the national anthem as part of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff change of responsibility ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., April 10, 2007.

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