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A joint color guard carrying the flags from all 50 states marches onto the field during a military parade in honor of retiring U.S. Sens. John Warner and Duncan Hunter at Whipple Field on Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 24, 2008.

A joint color guard carrying the flags from all 50 states marches onto the field during a military parade in honor of retiring U.S. Sens. John Warner and Duncan Hunter at Whipple Field on Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 24, 2008.

A joint color guard carrying the flags from all 50 states marches onto the field during a military parade in honor of retiring U.S. Sens. John Warner and Duncan Hunter at Whipple Field on Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 24, 2008.

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