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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta places a wreath on a U.S. service member’s grave in Tripoli, Libya, Dec. 17, 2011. Panetta paused during his historic visit to Libya to lay a wreath on the graves of U.S. sailors lost aboard the USS Intrepid more than 200 years ago.

WREATH LAYING

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta places a wreath on a U.S. service member’s grave in Tripoli, Libya, Dec. 17, 2011. Panetta paused during his historic visit to Libya to lay a wreath on the graves of U.S. sailors lost aboard the USS Intrepid more than 200 years ago.

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