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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Fleet Week

The U.S. Navy takes Manhattan for a week.  Slideshow 

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The SpaceX mission

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac decline comment on report of bailout

NEW YORK | Fri Sep 5, 2008 5:31pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, declined to comment on a Wall Street Journal story saying the U.S. Treasury is close to finalizing a plan to backstop the two government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs.

Janis Smith, spokeswoman for Fannie Mae, and Sharon McHale, spokeswoman for Freddie Mac, told Reuters the companies have no comment on the story.

The Wall Street Journal's website said the plan could be announced as early as this weekend and it could include senior management changes.

(Reporting by Julie Haviv)
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