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Spc. Antevia Irvin, left, one of the 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after 10 months hugs Spc. Kenneth Larigey following a welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tangelyn Ervin, visiting from Chicago, Ill., right, smiles as her daughter, Spc. Antevia Irvin, left, one of the 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after 10 months hugs her friend Staff Sgt. Anthony McKinney following a welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton greets each of the 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after 10 months during a welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Soldiers applaud as 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan are welcomed home at a ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Spc. Jonathan Martin, left, and Pfc. Michael Frye, right, are awarded an Joint Special Operations Command patch for deploying overseas at a welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory for the 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after 10 months, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Dominique Fatoke, left, visiting from Chicago, Ill., gets emotional as she and her mother Tangelyn Ervin, center, hold a "Welcome Home" banner for her sister, Spc. Antevia Irvin, at a welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory for 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base after 10 months, Afghanistan, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Family and friends take photos with their phones as 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police arrive in formation for their welcome home ceremony after returning from Bagram Air Base after 10 months, Afghanistan, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after 10 months arrive in formation for their welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Spc. Marques Turpin, one of the 70 D.C. Army National Guard soldiers with the 273rd military police company returning from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after 10 months kisses his son Josiah, 2, following a welcome home ceremony held in front of the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A Secret Service agent stands guard at right as Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks during a rally at Automated Conveyor Systems in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. answers a question from the audience during a town hall meeting at the Van Male Field House on the campus of Carroll University in Waukesha, Wis., on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Waukesha Freeman, Charles Auer)