U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd from R, front)thanks members of U.S. forces at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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