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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden takes time to talk to more than a hundred airmen and soldiers after the Iraqi government's Day of Commitment ceremony in the Al Faw Palace on Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, Dec. 1, 2011. The ceremony commemorated the sacrifices and accomplishments of U.S. and Iraqi service members. Biden shook hands, took pictures and gave each service member a coin.

BIDEN VISIT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden takes time to talk to more than a hundred airmen and soldiers after the Iraqi government's Day of Commitment ceremony in the Al Faw Palace on Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, Dec. 1, 2011. The ceremony commemorated the sacrifices and accomplishments of U.S. and Iraqi service members. Biden shook hands, took pictures and gave each service member a coin.

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