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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama greets Air Force Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Day as he meets members of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2008. AFIC is a joint-service organization responsible for providing military ceremonial support to the 56th Presidential Inauguration, which will take place Jan. 20.

PRESIDENT-ELECT GREETINGS

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama greets Air Force Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Day as he meets members of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2008. AFIC is a joint-service organization responsible for providing military ceremonial support to the 56th Presidential Inauguration, which will take place Jan. 20.

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