Pediatrician Alexander Van Speybroeck, left, uses a stethoscope on Shah Bibi Tarakhail, 6m as her host mother Ann Drummond watches at Shriners Hospital for Children on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Los Angeles. Shah Bibi Tarakhail, who lost her right arm and right eye when she picked up a grenade following a firefight between U.S. and Taliban forces in her village near the Pakistan border, returned to the United States on Thursday, after the group that sponsored her first visit said it learned her newfound celebrity made her a subject of death threats at home. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Military parade celebrates Army’s 250th
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Ovi scores goal 890, Caps lose to Sabres 8-5
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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