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U.S. Marine Corps Security Guards from the U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, prepare to move a wreath for Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery May 5, 2007.

U.S. Marine Corps Security Guards from the U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, prepare to move a wreath for Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery May 5, 2007.

U.S. Marine Corps Security Guards from the U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, prepare to move a wreath for Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery May 5, 2007.

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