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U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, salutes Iraq’s tomb of the unknown soldier in a wreath-laying ceremony in Baghdad, Jan. 6, 2011.

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U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, salutes Iraq’s tomb of the unknown soldier in a wreath-laying ceremony in Baghdad, Jan. 6, 2011.

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