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Vice President Richard B. Cheney awards Pfc. Marcos A. Maldomado with a Purple Heart for injuries he received from a suicide car bomb attack in the streets of Baghdad. Cheney spoke to troops of the 42nd Infantry Division and the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y., Dec. 6, 2005.

Fort Drum Rally

Vice President Richard B. Cheney awards Pfc. Marcos A. Maldomado with a Purple Heart for injuries he received from a suicide car bomb attack in the streets of Baghdad. Cheney spoke to troops of the 42nd Infantry Division and the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y., Dec. 6, 2005.

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