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Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia, May 5, 2007.

Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia, May 5, 2007.

Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia, May 5, 2007.

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