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German Army Gen. Volker Wieker, chief of defense, speaks before awarding a medal, the “Knights Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, to U.S. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Defense Ministry in Berlin, Sept. 10, 2015. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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German Army Gen. Volker Wieker, chief of defense, speaks before awarding a medal, the “Knights Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, to U.S. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Defense Ministry in Berlin, Sept. 10, 2015. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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