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U.S. Navy Lt. Jacob Pletcher induces general anesthesia on a patient about to undergo surgery in the operating room of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 17, 2012. The Lincoln is in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian oceans.

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U.S. Navy Lt. Jacob Pletcher induces general anesthesia on a patient about to undergo surgery in the operating room of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 17, 2012. The Lincoln is in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian oceans.

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