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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with an Army Lieutenant during the Columbus Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York, Oct. 9, 2006.

PARADE TALK

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with an Army Lieutenant during the Columbus Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York, Oct. 9, 2006.

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