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Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, left, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, center, of Missouri, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, right, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, render honors during the annual Pentagon observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 19, 2008.

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, left, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, center, of Missouri, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, right, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, render honors during the annual Pentagon observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 19, 2008.

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