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Vice President Richard Cheney addresses nearly 4,000 sailors and Marines in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, May 11, 2007, in the Arabian Gulf.

ABOARD THE STENNIS

Vice President Richard Cheney addresses nearly 4,000 sailors and Marines in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, May 11, 2007, in the Arabian Gulf.

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