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Left to right, John Metzler, superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and U.S. Defense Secretary of Robert M. Gates tour the cemetery's Section 60, Arlington, Va., May 13, 2010.

Left to right, John Metzler, superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and U.S. Defense Secretary of Robert M. Gates tour the cemetery's Section 60, Arlington, Va., May 13, 2010.

Left to right, John Metzler, superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and U.S. Defense Secretary of Robert M. Gates tour the cemetery's Section 60, Arlington, Va., May 13, 2010.

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