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Debbie Edenfield throws her arms around her son, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Walker May 23, 2014, as he returns from a six-month deployment in southwest Asia, Friday, May 23, 2014 in a Hunter Army Airfield helicopter hangar. Walker, of Statesboro, Ga., was among about 100 airmen with the Georgia Air National Guard's 117th Air Control Squadron to return to the Savannah, Ga. post. (AP Photo/Savannah Morning News, Corey Dickstein)

Debbie Edenfield greets her son, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Walker, as he returns home to Georgia after his six-month deployment.

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An image of butterflies is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House, reflected in a hotel window on the opening night of the Vivid Sydney light and music festival May 23, 2014. For 18 days beginning on Friday, the Vivid Sydney festival will combine outdoor lighting sculptures and installations and is one of the world's largest creative industry forums. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Butterflies are projected on the Sydney Opera House sails.

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In this photo taken on Thursday, May 22, 2014, Xavier Scott, 8 of Boy Scout Troop 302 ,places flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Dan Gleiter)

A Cub Scout places flags on veterans' graves in Harrisburg, Pa.

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ANNAPOLIS, MD - MAY 23: The Blue Angels fly over U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremonies, May 23, 2014 in Annapolis, Maryland. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivered the commencement address to the 1068 commissioned graduates. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The Blue Angels fly over the US Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Md.

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People hold candles and placards during a protest against military rule in central Bangkok, a day after the Thai army chief seized power in a coup May 23, 2014. Several hundred people including students gathered in a central shopping district despite a ban on protests by five or more people to voice their opposition to military rule. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Citizens protest Thailand's coup government in Bangkok.

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A visitor takes a picture of a polar bear in the newly opened polar bear world called "Franz Josefs Land" in the Schoenbrunn zoo of Vienna May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Visitors take photos of a polar bear at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna.

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Motorized mannequins hold signs that read "Hire Me" in Toronto May 23, 2014. Canada's economy unexpectedly shed 28,900 jobs in April, mainly due to steep declines in full-time employment and in the private sector, Statistics Canada data indicated earlier this month. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Motorized mannequins hold signs in Toronto after a dismal April jobs report.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: A general view of sunbathers at Bondi Beach on May 23, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney is experiencing it's hottest May on record, already recording it's hottest week for this time of year in over 150 years. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Sunbathers gather at Bondi Beach during Sydney, Australia's hottest May ever.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 23: Tourists mingle with demonstrators urging President Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and end indefinite detention during a rally outside the White House May 23, 2014 in Washington, DC. Organized by several groups, including The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, CODEPINK, Amnesty International, the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition and the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, the protesters gathered to mark the anniversary of Obama's May 23, 2013 national security speech. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Demonstrators protest Guantanamo Bay's indefinite detentions at the White House.

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US President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office on May 23, 2014 upon returning at the White House in Washington, DC, from Chicago. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama returns to the Oval Office.

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 23: Members of the U.S. Marine Corps are promoted during a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial on May 23, 2014 in New York City. The ceremony took place in coordination with Fleet Week. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Marines are promoted at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York.

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Former President Bill Clinton walks onto the stage at Symphony Hall before accepting a City Year Legacy Award at a Boston Pops Concert Celebrating City Year's 25th Anniversary Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Bill Clinton takes the stage at Boston's Symphony Hall Thursday.

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Christopher DiCapua, left, and Oscar Cabrera kiss after saying their wedding vows Friday, May 23, 2014, at City Hall in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania became the final Northeastern state and the 19th in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage. Republican Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday he would not appeal a federal judge's ruling that overturned the state's 1996 ban. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Newlyweds kiss at Philadelphia City Hall following Pennsylvania's legalization of same-sex marriage.

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Workers with traditional bamboo hats pick weeds as the dark clouds gather in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 23, 2014. Monsoon season, which stretches from mid-May until October, does little to interrupt daily life in Southeast Asia's poorest nation. People grab whatever they can - shower caps, plastic bags, broken open umbrellas - as they zigzag on crowded sidewalks and through flooded, traffic-clogged streets. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Workers in Myanmar brace for monsoon season.

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A rainbow formed over the skyline of Richmond, VA after a storm blew through causing tornado warnings, Thursday May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bill McKelway)

A rainbow forms over Richmond, Va., on Thursday.

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An elderly Ukrainian woman feeds a bonfire with newspapers at a barricade outside the occupied administration building, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Friday, May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A Ukrainian woman feeds a bonfire in Donetsk.

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Stephen Hawking starts a physics symposium in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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President Barack Obama signs H.R. 1209 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 23, 2014. H.R. 1209, an act to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders in recognition of their military service during World War II. From back left are Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Doolittle Raider Air Force Lt. Col. (ret.) Richard Cole, and Rep. Madeleine Bordallo, G-Guam. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Obama signs HR 1209, awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of World War II's Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.

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Matt Smith purchases some of the last bottled water available Friday, May 23, 2014 at a Safeway store in Portland, Ore. A citywide boil notice was issued Friday for Portland, after E. coli was detected in the water supply, causing a rush on bottled water. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacki)

A customer buys the last of Portland, Ore.'s bottled water following an E. coli scare and boil notice.

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A Stanford honor guard member holds the American flag, Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Veterans Memorial Garden at Preston Pruitt Funeral Hone in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Advocate-Messenger, Clay Jackson) TABLOIDS OUT.

An honor guard holds the folded American flag.