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U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits Task Force 2-508 Parachute Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, Sept. 2, 2007.

U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits Task Force 2-508 Parachute Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, Sept. 2, 2007.

U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits Task Force 2-508 Parachute Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, Sept. 2, 2007.

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