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Thirteen-year-old Francis [cq] Moreno, Miss Junior Teen Delmarva from Rockville, Md. and volunteer Judy Ryan hang welcome signs in the international arrivals area of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 as part of Operation Welcome Home Maryland. The organization greets incoming troops and wants to ensure that their first encounter back on U.S. soil after being deployed is positive. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Jan Feldman with Operation Welcome Home Maryland puts up American flags at the international arrivals area of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in preparation of welcoming a charter flight of military personnel back home. The welcome organization has greeted more than 800 flights and 180,000 troops since its inception in 2007. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Abdullah Al-Yasin)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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Palestinians protesters react to tear gas shot by Israeli soldiers during clashes near the West Bank village of Qusra, near Nablus, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Pakistani tribesmen pray during the funeral of a paramilitary soldier who was kidnapped and executed by Taliban militants in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan, on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
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**FILE** Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2012. The training is part of an attempt to transform the rag-tag rebel groups into a disciplined fighting force. (Associated Press)
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Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, head of the Afghan security transition commission, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The next phase of transferring security from NATO to Afghan control will begin in two months and will aim to cover nearly 90 percent of the country's population, the Kabul government announced. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)
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James Brennan of Philadelphia, Penn. kneels down to get video footage of his 10-month-old granddaughter Christina, who just got off the plane with dad Christopher on a military charter flight at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. This was Brennan's first time seeing his granddaughter. She was one of about 300 people on the charter flight, which brought troops and military contractors back to the United States. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Operation Welcome Home Maryland volunteers, including 13-year-old Francis [cq] Morena, Miss Junior Teen Delmarva, from Rockville, Md., right, clap as troops come home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The welcome operation has greeted more than 800 flights and more than 180,000 soldiers home since its inception in March 2007. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Cheryl Lauer of Alexandria, Va. sits with her 2 1/2-year-old daughter Lauren and 10-month-old son Drew on the floor of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 as they await the arrival of their dad/husband on a military charter flight. Flights came in all weekend long, bringing several hundred troops and military contractors back to the United States in time for the new year. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Operation Welcome Home Maryland team leader Anne Church, left, leads volunteers and friends and family in the Pledge of Allegiance before the arrival of a Delta charter flight bringing troops home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. There were 362 people on the Delta charter flight, which made several stops in the mid-East and Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany before bringing people home. More flights came in over the weekend. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Thirteen-year-old Francis [cq] Moreno, Miss Junior Teen Delmarva from Rockville, Md. and volunteer Judy Ryan hang welcome signs in the international arrivals area of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 as part of Operation Welcome Home Maryland. The organization greets incoming troops and wants to ensure that their first encounter back on U.S. soil after being deployed is positive. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Awaiting word for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to take effect amid the Civil War, many black churches on Dec. 31, 1862, started the tradition of Watch Night services. The tradition Monday will continue with a special midnight display at the National Archives. (Associated Press)
