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A father hugs his newly commissioned 2nd lieutenant son after the graduates were dismissed at the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., May 25, 2013.

FATHER'S HUG

A father hugs his newly commissioned 2nd lieutenant son after the graduates were dismissed at the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., May 25, 2013.

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