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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace gives remarks and addresses questions with the fifth-grade students at Marshall Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 21, 2007.

PACE VISITS STUDENTS

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace gives remarks and addresses questions with the fifth-grade students at Marshall Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 21, 2007.

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