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Injured Veteran
Staff Sgt. John Daniel Shannon, who was injured while serving in Iraq in 2004, testifies during a hearing before the House Subcommittee of Government Reform and Oversight Committee March 5, 2007 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.
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Injured Veteran
Staff Sgt. John Daniel Shannon, who was injured while serving in Iraq in 2004, testifies during a hearing before the House Subcommittee of Government Reform and Oversight Committee March 5, 2007 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images