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BUSH MEETS WITH VACCINE MAKERS
U.S. President George W. Bush met with makers of vaccines in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Oct. 7, 2005, in part to discuss how to combat the threat of a bird flu pandemic. From left are David Mott, president and CEO of MedImmune, David Williams, CEO of Aventis Pasteur, the President, Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline and Howard Pien, chairman, president and CEO of Chiron Corp. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch