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Iraqi citizens claiming to be civil police, engineers and doctors answered a broadcast on BBC radio to come to the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq as the US military begins trying to establish a civilian force to restore order and public utilities Saturday, April 12, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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U.S. Marines board a C-5 transport plane bound for Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, at Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1994 as the U.S. military's presence in Somalia winds down. By then, more than a year after entering the country, 44 Army soldiers, Marines and airmen had been killed and dozens more wounded.

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Rep. Ike Skelton, Missouri Democrat, is worried about a chasm developing between the U.S. military and the public after he leaves Congress. (Associated Press)

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In this Monday Sept. 27, 2010 photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the top American commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus, center, tours the grounds of the U.S.-run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. military opened the new prison named after the surrounding Parwan province in November to replace the original facility in an effort to improve living conditions and reintegration programs. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

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In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the top American commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus speaks with Afghan military personnel during a tour of the U.S. run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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** FILE ** This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010, shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor, whom the Navy identified as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. (AP Photo)

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In this May 13, 2009, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper walks near an entrance to the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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** FILE ** In this May 13, 2009, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper walks near an entrance to the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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** FILE ** In this photo taken Wednesday, May 13, 2009, and reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper walks near an entrance to the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 19, 2008, photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo detainee glances up while resting on a foam pad inside a fenced-in outdoor exercise area at the Camp 6 high-security detention facility on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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** FILE ** Gary McKinnon, shown in this file photo from 2009, is charged with breaking into computers belonging to NASA, the Department of Defense and several branches of the U.S. military. (Associated Press)