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Abdikhafar Abubakar prepares to board a plane for his return to Minneapolis after visiting his mother in Mogadishu for the first time in decades. "When I was out walking around, I wasn't scared," he said.

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Mike Canino of Tyson's Corner, Va., trains at the Scott's Run Nature Preserve for the Spartan Death Race, a tortuous combination of forced hike, obstacle course, sleep deprivation, and mental strain that is held annually in Vermont, McLean, Va., Sunday, June 10, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Canino of Tyson's Corner, Va., straps a log he has named "Larry" to his backpack and hikes up and down steep terrains while training at the Scott's Run Nature Preserve for the Spartan Death Race, a tortuous combination of forced hikes, obstacle courses, sleep deprivation, and mental strain that is held annually in Vermont, McLean, Va., Sunday, June 10, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Canino of Tyson's Corner, Va., cuts down and clears a fallen tree while training at the Scott's Run Nature Preserve for the Spartan Death Race, a tortuous combination of forced hikes, obstacle courses, sleep deprivation, and mental strain that is held annually in Vermont, McLean, Va., Sunday, June 10, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Wayne Sterling (from left) and his wife, Phyllis, both of Bridgeville, Del., and John Elliott of Queenstown, Md., watch June 13, 2012, through binoculars as tall ships pass under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge en route to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore for a bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812. The week-long "Star-Spangled Sailabration" includes free tours of the ships, waterside festivities, an air show featuring the Blue Angels and the world premiere of "Overture for 2012," composed by Philip Glass. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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George Keniston, of Silver Spring, Md., watches June 13, 2012, through binoculars at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Md., as tall ships pass under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge en route to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore for a bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812. The week-long "Star-Spangled Sailabration" includes free tours of the ships, waterside festivities, an air show featuring the Blue Angels and the world premiere of "Overture for 2012," composed by Philip Glass. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)