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President elect Barack Obama lays wreath at Soldiers Memorial in Chicago

US President elect Barack Obama (L) and Gulf War Veteran Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs in combat, place a wreath on the Bronze Soldiers Memorial in honor of Veterans Day in Chicago on November 11, 2008. (UPI Photo/Tannen Maury/Pool)

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