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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Earl Gay, deputy chairman of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, meets U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2008. AFIC carries on a tradition, which dates back more than 200 years, of honoring the new commander in chief by providing military ceremonial support to inaugurations.

PRE-INAUGURATION CHAT

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Earl Gay, deputy chairman of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, meets U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 2008. AFIC carries on a tradition, which dates back more than 200 years, of honoring the new commander in chief by providing military ceremonial support to inaugurations.

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