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Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Vice President Richard Cheney and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the admiral's retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.

GIAMBASTIANI RETIREMENT CEREMONY

Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Vice President Richard Cheney and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the admiral's retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.

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