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Juanita Moreno visits the grave site of her brother during a Veteran's Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Alcorn State University student Ivory Thomas, left, of Crystal Springs, shakes hands with Tuskegee Airmen Lt. Col. James H. Harvey, III, center, and Calvin Moret after she and other members of the Alcorn R.O.T.C. made a special presentation to the pair at the conclusion of a Veterans Day program at the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)

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From left, World War II veteran Angelo Basso, of Palmer Township, Pa. granddaughter Tammie Kelshaw, of Northampton, and brother World War II veteran Jack Basso, of Palmer Township, stand and listen during a Veterans Day ceremony at Upper Hackett Park in Easton, Pa on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Matt Smith)

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Standing atop Crest Drive in Chattanooga, Tenn., Vietnam-era veterans Robert Bunch, Ron Tatum and Ron Harvey wave to motorists along I-24 in celebration of Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tracey Trumbull)

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Taylor Norton places a U.S. flag in front of the Vietnam Veteran's memorial following a Veteran's Day ceremony, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Eden Park in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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A member of an American Legion color guard (center) carries an American flag during Veterans Day ceremonies in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Korean War veteran James Gerard, right, wearing his original uniform, salutes during a Veteran's Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Flowers are placed at a grave site by an unidentified man during a Veteran's Day observance at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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President Barack Obama speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Staff Sgt. Tim Slusser puts a flag at one of the headstones at the Texas State Veterans Cemetary in Abilene, Texas, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in preparation for Veteran's Day on Friday. (AP Photo/Abilene Reporter-News, Tommy Metthe)

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President Barack Obama walks in with Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington, Commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, before placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Thomas A. Ferguson is acting undersecretary of defense for intelligence (USDI) and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) space analyst.

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Martin Ramirez is the owner of Historic Mankin Mansion in Richmond, Va., one of 400 independently owned inns that have signed on to offer free rooms to veterans and their families Nov. 10, the night before Veterans Day. (Associated Press)