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Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, left, assumes command of U.S. Pacific Command from Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Leaf in a ceremony on Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, March 26, 2007. Keating succeeds Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, who took command of U.S. Central Command on March 16.

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Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, left, assumes command of U.S. Pacific Command from Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Leaf in a ceremony on Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, March 26, 2007. Keating succeeds Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, who took command of U.S. Central Command on March 16.

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