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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani speaks to a reporter from Defense Daily after addressing the 2007 Worldwide Personnel Recovery Conference in Washington, Jan. 9, 2007.

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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani speaks to a reporter from Defense Daily after addressing the 2007 Worldwide Personnel Recovery Conference in Washington, Jan. 9, 2007.

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