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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivers remarks during a commemoration of the bicentennial of The War of 1812 in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2012.

COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivers remarks during a commemoration of the bicentennial of The War of 1812 in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2012.

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