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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, shakes hands with a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa., on Nov. 28, 2006. Pace spoke to students at the business school and took questions.

Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, shakes hands with a student.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, shakes hands with a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa., on Nov. 28, 2006. Pace spoke to students at the business school and took questions.

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