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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from right, with, from left, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Vice President Joe Biden participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015.

WREATH CEREMONY

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from right, with, from left, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Vice President Joe Biden participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015.

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