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First Lady Michelle Obama covers her heart and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Robert J. Papp renders a salute during the playing of the national anthem at the commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., March 31, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama covers her heart and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Robert J. Papp renders a salute during the playing of the national anthem at the commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., March 31, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama covers her heart and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Robert J. Papp renders a salute during the playing of the national anthem at the commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., March 31, 2012.

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