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Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands on the pier with sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Naval Air Station, North Island, Calif., May 14, 2009.

Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands on the pier with sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Naval Air Station, North Island, Calif., May 14, 2009.

Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands on the pier with sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Naval Air Station, North Island, Calif., May 14, 2009.

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