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July 29, 2013, 12:58 PM

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North Korea Koreas Armistice In this image made from video, military vehicles parade during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers were paraded through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT(AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
AP Photo/KRT via AP Video
North Korea Koreas Armistice In this image made from video, a military truck carrying a missile parades during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers were paraded through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT(AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
AP Photo/KRT via AP Video
North Korea Koreas Armistice In this image made from video, a military truck carrying a missile parades during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers were paraded through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
AP Photo/KRT via AP Video
North Korea Koreas Armistice In this image made from video, North Korean veterans watch a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers were paraded through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
AP Photo/KRT via AP Video
Kim Jong Un In this image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, waves during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers were paraded through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
AP Photo/KRT via AP Video
North Korea Koreas Armistice North Koreans attend a concert to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement in Pyongyang, on Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
North Korea Koreas Armistice Fireworks explode behind the Fatherland Liberation War Museum as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
North Korea Koreas Armistice Balloons are released at the Kim Il Sung Square, Saturday, July 27, 2013 during a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
North Korea Armistice North Korean women perform at the "Arirang" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang Friday, July 26, 2013 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
North Korea Armistice North Koreans men in suits carry folding red chairs before the start of a performance of the "Arirang" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang Friday, July 26, 2013 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
North Korea Armistice North Korean girls stand at attention at the end of a performance of the "Arirang" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang Friday, July 26, 2013 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
North Korea Armistice Korean War veterans from North Korea sit in the stands at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang after a performance of the "Arirang" mass games Friday, July 26, 2013 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
APTOPIX North Korea Koreas Armistice Female North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
APTOPIX North Korea Koreas Armistice North Korean women wave to their leader Kim Jong Un during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
North Korea Armistice North Korean women wave to their leader Kim Jong Un during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
South Korea Koreas Armistice South Korean veterans attend a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement and UN forces' participation in the Korean War at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul Saturday, July 27, 2013. South Korea on July 27 commemorated the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War and honored the services and sacrifices of the UN forces that fought against the communist North Korea. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)
AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool
Barack Obama A group from the Paralyzed Veterans of Korea watch as President Barack Obama speaks on the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, during remarks at a commemorative ceremony near the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, on Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel President Barack Obama, left, participates in a wreath laying ceremony on the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War during at a commemorative ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, on Saturday, July 27, 2013. At far right is Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Barack Obama President Barack Obama speaks during a commemorative ceremony on the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, near the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, on Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
APTOPIX North Korea Armistice North Korean veteran Oh Gyu Sun, 78, who was a nurse in the Korean War participates in the mass dance party, Sunday, July 28, 2013, during the festivities for the North Korean's celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
North Korea Koreas Armistice North Korean war veterans are silhouetted as they walk pass the Arch of Triumph, after attending festivities celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, July 28, 2013.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
South Korea Koreas Armistice South Korean veterans attend a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement and UN forces' participation in the Korean War at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul Saturday, July 27, 2013. South Korea on July 27 commemorated the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War and honored the services and sacrifices of the UN forces that fought against the communist North Korea. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)
AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool
South Korea Koreas Armistice North Korean soldiers film through a window inside the Military Armistice Committee meeting room while Korean War veterans and officials visit after attending a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
Korean War Legacies FILE - This July 26, 1953 black-and-white file photo shows Gen. William K. Harrison, Jr., seated at left, and North Korean Gen. Nam Il, seated at right, signing armistice documents in Armistice Hall in Panmunjom. Sixty years after it finished fighting in Korea, the U.S. is still struggling with two legacies that are reminders of the costs -- political, military and human -- that war can impose on the generations that follow. The first is the leading role that America still is committed to playing in defending South Korea should the 1950-53 Korean War re-ignite. (AP Photo, File)
AP Photo, File
Korean War Legacies FILE - This July 24, 1953 black-and-white file photo shows the completed armistice hall in Panmunjom stands ready for the signing of the Korean armistice. This is the north entrance through which the North Korean and Chinese delegations will enter. Peace doves decorate the building over every doorway. Sixty years after it finished fighting in Korea, the U.S. is still struggling with two legacies that are reminders of the costs -- political, military and human -- that war can impose on the generations that follow. The first is the leading role that America still is committed to playing in defending South Korea should the 1950-53 Korean War re-ignite. (AP Photo, File)
AP Photo, File
Martin Petersen FILE - This July 27, 1953 black-and-white file photo shows Lt. Martin H. Petersen of Franklin Park, N.Y., an MP officer on special detail, standing guard over the still-secret armistice documents as they lie on a table inside the Armistice building at Panmunjom waiting to be signed by U.N. and Communist delegates. In background are North Korean security guards. Sixty years after it finished fighting in Korea, the U.S. is still struggling with two legacies that are reminders of the costs -- political, military and human -- that war can impose on the generations that follow. The first is the leading role that America still is committed to playing in defending South Korea should the 1950-53 Korean War re-ignite. (AP Photo/George Sweers, File)
AP Photo/George Sweers, File
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