This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

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The president spoke one day after the top U.S.military officer, Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,said more U.S.troops probably would be needed in Afghanistan.

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Yet he and others were soon quieted when the brilliant marksmanship of three Navy SEALs won the day.

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This submarine is a tribute to the strength, courage, and determination that our Navy families exhibit every day.

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Fagan said Dorner was honorably discharged and that his last day in the Navy was last Friday.

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