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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center left, and Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, center right, participate in a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2013.

HONORING VETERANS

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center left, and Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, center right, participate in a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2013.

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