General Norman Schwarzkopf dies at age 78Loading
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    Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf talks to reporters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1990. He led the allied victory over Iraq the next year.
    David Longstreath | Associated Press file, 1990
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    Retired U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf in New York in a September 2006 file image. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Barry Talesnick | MCT
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    United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf in Saudi Arabia in a January 1991 file image. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Gary Kieffer | MCT
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    United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf in Saudi Arabia in a January 1991 file image. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Gary Kieffer | MCT
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    FILE--Then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell, left, confers with Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf at an airbase in central Saudi Arabia on Feb. 8, 1991. Retired Gen. Colin Powell has decided not to seek the presidency in 1996, The Associated Press has learned Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1995. Associates said that it was family concerns that factored most prominently in his deliberations. Powell has repeatedly lamented the time spent away from his family during his military campaign, according to Powell associates.
    JOHN GAPS III | AP
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    United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf, right, in Washington, D.C, in a June 1991 file image with Dick Cheney, left, and Gen. Colin Powell. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Adam Scull | MCT
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    CBS News Correspondent Dan Rather and retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (silver hair) report from Mount Suribachi, one of the historic World War II sites they visit on CBS REPORTS: "Victory in the Pacific."
    LOU BOPP | CBS
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    CBS News Correspondent Dan Rather and retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (silver hair) report from the Hawaiian Punch Bowl Cemetery, one of the historic World War II sites they visit on CBS REPORTS: "Victory in the Pacific."
    LOU BOPP | CBS
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    United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf, right, in Washington, D.C, in a June 1991 file image with Dick Cheney, left, and Gen. Colin Powell. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Adam Scull | MCT
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    United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf in Washington, D.C., in an April 1991 file image. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Bill Gentile | MCT
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    United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf in Kuwait in a February 1991 file pool image. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
    Globe Photos | MCT

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