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by Tom Gallagher

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March 21, 2012

The Wall Street Journal's "Photo of the Day" for Tuesday had this photograph. For the love of God, when will we get out of Afghanistan? Not soon enough.

The caption, from the site:

MILITARY FUNERAL: Mourners attended the funeral of U.S. Army National Guard Maj. Robert Marchanti II at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday. Maj. Marchanti, of Maryland, was fatally shot in an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, in February that the Taliban said was retaliation for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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