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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey receives a hug from a surviving daughter of a fallen solider before he provides the keynote address for the 2012 TAPS Honor Guard Gala in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012.

THANKFUL HUG

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey receives a hug from a surviving daughter of a fallen solider before he provides the keynote address for the 2012 TAPS Honor Guard Gala in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012.

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