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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and his wife, Linda, talk to Army Sgt. Justin Griffin, a wounded combat engineer, during a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sept. 22, 2011.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and his wife, Linda, talk to Army Sgt. Justin Griffin, a wounded combat engineer, during a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sept. 22, 2011.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and his wife, Linda, talk to Army Sgt. Justin Griffin, a wounded combat engineer, during a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sept. 22, 2011.

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