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This file photo taken on November 7, 2009 shows a F/A-18D Hornet moving to take off at the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture as local residential housing is pictured in the foreground. The United States is ready to move 4,700 Marines from the Japanese...

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Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka, center, takes a seat during questions by an opposition lawmaker on the transfer of U.S. Marines to Guam, at a Lower House Budget Committee session at Parliament in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to...

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda rubs his eye as he listens to questions by an opposition lawmaker on the transfer of U.S. Marines to Guam, during a Lower House Budget Committee session at Parliament in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to...

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Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, right, listens to questions by an opposition lawmaker on the transfer of U.S. Marines to Guam, during a Lower House Budget Committee session at Parliament in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed...

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Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (center-L) and Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka (center-R) are surrounded by media as they speak after a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (not in picture) at the premier's official residence in Tokyo in this photo taken by Kyodo February...

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Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks during a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The transfer of thousands of U.S. Marines to Guam will not require the prior closure of a base on the southern Japan island of Okinawa, the United States and Japan...

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Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks before press at his office in Tokyo on February 8, 2012. The US is to shift 4,700 Marines from Okinawa to Guam without waiting for progress on controversial plans to relocate a US base on the Japanese island.

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PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO - OCTOBER 23: Daniela Schoenfeld of Guam warms up prior to the start of the Women's Triathalon at the API Maritime Terminal during the XVI Pan American Games on October 23, 2011 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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Miss Universe Guam 2011 Shayna Jo Afaisen (L) and Miss Universe Indonesia 2011 Nadine Alexandra pose for a photo during a rehearsal in Sao Paulo September 9, 2011. The contestants are in Sao Paulo for the 2011 Miss Universe pageant which will be held on September 12.

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Miss Guam 2011 Shayna Jo Afaisen (C) and Miss Botswana 2011 Larona Motlatsi Kgabo (R) join the dancers during their performance at Meninos do Morumbi in Sao Paulo August 31, 2011 in this publicity photograph released to Reuters September 1, 2011. The women will spend the next two weeks...

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 27: Pollara Cobb of Guam competes in the women's 100 metres preliminary round during day one of the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 28: (L-R) Pollara Cobb of Guam, Carmelita Jeter of United States and Jeanette Kwakye of Great Britain compete in the women's 100 metres heats during day two of the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Daegu Stadium on August 28, 2011 in Daegu, South...

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From left, Guam's Pollara Cobb, USA's Carmelita Jeter and Britain's Jeanette Kwakye compete in a heat for the Women's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 27: Derek Mandell (L) of Guam and Richard Blagg of Gibraltar compete in the men's 800 metres heats during day one of the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.

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Lockheed Martin-installed XLS-band antenna at Andersen AFB, Guam.

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(L-R) Miss Greece 2011 Iliana Papageorgiou, Miss Belgium 2011 Justine De Jonckheere, Miss Guam 2011 Shayna Jo Afaisen and Miss Japan 2011 Maria Kamiyama pose for a photo in swimsuits at the Hilton Sao Paulo Morumbi hotel in Sao Paulo September 5, 2011. The contestants are in Sao Paulo...

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From L to R: Miss Universe Korea 2011 Sora Chong, Miss Universe Philippines 2011 Shamcey Supsup, Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2011 Dalia Fernandez, Miss Universe Guam 2011 Shayna Jo Afaisen, Miss Universe Haiti 2011 Anedie Azael and Miss Universe Singapore 2011 Valerie Lim Shu Xian...

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Brazil's former national soccer team player Cafu (3rd L, back row) poses for a photo with Miss Universe 2011 contestants (Front row, L-R): Scherri-Lee Biggs of Australia, Chelsae Durocher of Canada, Sheroma Hodge of British Virgin Islands, Sandra Amer of Denmark, Shayna Jo Afaisen of...

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Carmelita Jeter of the U.S. (2nd L) sprints to the finish line ahead of Pollara Cobb of Guam (L), Jeanette Kwakye of Britain (2nd R) and Nelkis Casabona (R) of Cuba during the women's 100 metres heats at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu August 28, 2011.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 24: (L-R) Tarco Liobet of Bolivia, Jordy Groters of Aruba and Benjamin Schulte of Guam compete in the second preliminary heat of the Men's 100m Breaststroke during Day Nine of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center on July 24, 2011 in Shanghai,...

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Spc. Jeremy Woodell, left, Sgt. Erwin Dominguez, center, and Spc. Nicholas Cook, right, fold the American flag at the burial of Army veteran Ernest Rumbaugh at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, N.Y. , on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. The flag presentation during Friday's service for...

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A New York National Guard honor guard salutes as the casket of Army veteran Ernest Rumbaugh is carried into a chapel at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, N.Y. , on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. National Guard honor guard details participated in 136,300 military funerals conducted in...

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Sgt. Erwin Dominguez, left, and Spc. Nicholas Cook, members of a New York National Guard honor guard, salute at the burial service of Army veteran Ernest Rumbaugh at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, N.Y. , on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. The flag presentation during Friday's service...

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In this Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 photo, U.S. Army Maj. Jerrold Castro, from Guam, right, plays a ukulele while waiting for a flight along with other soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division at Camp Adder moments before the unit leaves Iraq. Maj. Castro commands a signal company in the...

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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, right, and Guam Gov. Eddie B. Calvo, listen during a presentation on China's Anhui province at the China-U.S. Governors Dialogue in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011.