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U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, talk with British pensioner Dorothy Hughes as part of the Royal United Services Institute conference in London, Nov. 29, 2011.

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U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, talk with British pensioner Dorothy Hughes as part of the Royal United Services Institute conference in London, Nov. 29, 2011.

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