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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with an Air Force technical sergeant at the beginning of the townhall meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20, 2007.

PACE IN GERMANY

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with an Air Force technical sergeant at the beginning of the townhall meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20, 2007.

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