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President George W. Bush shakes hands with servicemembers after a delivering a speech March 19, 2008, at the Pentagon on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of coalition operations in Iraq.

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President George W. Bush shakes hands with servicemembers after a delivering a speech March 19, 2008, at the Pentagon on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of coalition operations in Iraq.

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