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"I think what is really important is the fact that we don't forget. We are always going to go back. We're always going to look. We're going to do our best to provide the answers to the families," said James Canik, deputy director of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Jessica Rosarda, a technician at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, does routine lab work with DNA samples at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The lab is responsible for locating and identifying fallen service members from past and current wars. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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James Canik, deputy director of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, searches among the vacuum-sealed DNA samples stored at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples at Dover Air Force Base. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nuanes died in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Associated Press)
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Letters from 1942 and 1953, which contain DNA, will be used to identify past military service members' remains at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base. The lab houses at least 6.7 million boxes of DNA specimen samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Tim Herbert, an analyst at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base, tests a DNA specimen sample. The lab houses more than 6.7 million boxes of DNA samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command, talks to reporters, Friday, March 16, 2012, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Rodriguez said there was "sufficient screening" for post-traumatic stress disorders at Lewis-McChord, which has been called the "most troubled" base in the military because of repeated violent incidents associated with the Seattle-area facility. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Tim Herbert, an analyst at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base, tests a DNA specimen sample. The lab houses more than 6.7 million boxes of DNA samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Tens of thousands of motorcyclists wait in Pentagon parking lots to join the 20th Rolling Thunder parade in May 2007. Rolling Thunder's prime focus has been and continues to be those missing in action and known prisoners of war. (The Washington Times)
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Other soldiers rest inside the Sudan People's Liberation Army headquarters in Bentiu. (Associated Press)
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Thousands have been deployed to Unity State, where the two armies are at a tense stalemate around the expansive oil fields that inspired the new insignia of the South's 4th Infantry Division. (Associated Press)
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Soldiers in the South Sudan army move toward frontline positions in Unity State. Tensions between Sudan and South Sudan erupted in late April into armed conflict along their poorly defined border. (Associated Press)
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Shadi Mawlawi (center), a Lebanese critic of the Syrian regime who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried on his friends' shoulders as they celebrate his release from jail in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Earlier this month, his arrest set off several days of clashes. (Associated Press)
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A Lebanese Shiite Muslim blocks the street in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday to protest against the kidnapping of 12 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in Syria's northern province of Aleppo by Syrian rebels. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, has appealed for calm. (Associated Press)
