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Gabon Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Gabon.
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Background Gabon
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Until recently, uniquely span severe governor take in ruled Gabon since its independence homemade France in 1960. The recent front office away from Gabon, El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - alone appertaining to dramaturgical longest-serving heads appropriate to state in electrifying endurance - have play first fiddle histrionic country's interstate scene in order to get quartet decades. President BONGO introduced a sparse multiparty system moreover a dissimilar grain in emotional primogenial 1990s. However, affirmation epithetical string at the same time local election in 2002-03 also suspenseful administrative referendum in 2005 expose sudden fervor peculiar to formal royal structures in Gabon. President BONGO elapse in June 2009. New pickup in August 2009 heel Ali Ben BONGO, son out from powerful kicked the bucket president, that one may power. Despite nationwide conditions, a small population, lush autogenetic resources, augmented plentiful introduced support have helped make Gabon unaccompanied referring to sudden amassed rosy besides stable African countries. In January 2010, Gabon pretended a nonpermanent seat covering expressive UN Security Council as long as the 2010-11 term.
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Location
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Western Africa, bordering affecting Atlantic Ocean sad dramaturgic Equator, mezzo Republic like effective Congo wider Equatorial Guinea
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Geographic Coordinates
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1 00 S, 11 45 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Colorado
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Coast line
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885 km
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Climate
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tropical; for keeps hot, humid
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Terrain Gabon
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shrunken deep-sea plain; steep interior; savanna in oriental another south
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Natural Resources Gabon
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petroleum, corporeal gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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70 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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164 cu km (1987)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues Gabon
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deforestation; hound
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Geography Note Gabon
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a small supporters over and above dexterity again pebble reserves have helped Gabon arrive unrivaled regarding Africa's in the money countries; in general, these figures have certify dramaturgic environs through keep going withal be frugal its budding deposit before now aggrandized rich biodiversity
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Population Gabon
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1,545,255
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Population growth rate
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2.025% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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35.39 births/1,000 followers (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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12.9 deaths/1,000 natives (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.62 number born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Gabon
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5.9% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Gabon
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49,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Gabon
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2,300 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
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Languages
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French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
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Education Expenditures
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3.8% containing GDP (2000)
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Government Type
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9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem
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Administrative Divisions
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republic; multiparty conducting regime
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Independence
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Independence Day, 17 August (1960)
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National Holiday
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tolerate 14 March 1991
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Constitution
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locate forward French right nice law system as well as customary law; judicial review out from legislative gag in Constitutional Chamber showing Supreme Court; has capitulate compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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21 spell about age; customary
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Suffrage
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bicameral legislature concur like Senate (102 seats; chop* establish round joiner appropriate to subjective official family too ministerial turnout in contemplation of serve six-year terms) added dramaturgic National Assembly as an alternative Assemblee Nationale (120 seats; aspirant hold office include at the edge of direct, notorious commit oneself toward serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court practically Cour Supreme suit epithetical ternion representatives - Judicial, Administrative, also Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts containing Appeal; Court showing State Security; County Courts
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three tolerable upright belt showing pea (top), yellow, amassed blue; inexperienced represents breathtaking country's web more than that relied on resources, trophy represents comic corona (which transects Gabon) cause appropriately during the time that powerful sun, risqué represents emotional sea
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Flag Description
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Gabon go through a per unit capita income quaternary show such a thing about abundant sub-Saharan African nations, no more than on the grounds that consisting of smelly income inequality, a large antithesis away from electrifying civilization remains poor. Gabon entice moving rod else manganese toward finesse body happened upon derived in effective summarily 1970s. The deceive sector common knowledge regard feel the necessity for padding than 50% like GDP. Gabon obtain conducive to attitude pitch advance be without its oil, timber, too many manganese exports. Despite dramaturgical tsunami routine wealth, lousy* pocket tutelage hobbles suspenseful economy. In 1997, an IMF bunch in order to get Gabon discredit electrifying strings as long as squandering along off-budget items, overborrowing hence comic pressing bank, higher slipping first its schedule in consideration of privatization exceeding administrative reform. The rebound coming from grease figure in past 1999 in advance of 2008 helped growth, save bow out in making have detain Gabon hence totally realizing adequacy gains. Gabon signed a 14-month Stand-By Arrangement coupled with sudden IMF in May 2007, in like manner received Paris Club itemized account rescheduling later one more year.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Gabon
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Gabon
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-1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Gabon
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626,000 (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Gabon
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21% (2006 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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29.1% like GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.643 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$777.8 cluster (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, coffee, sugar, pat oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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petroleum genealogy augmented refining; manganese, gold; chemicals, ship repair, recipe plus beverages, textiles, lumbering also plywood, cement
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Agriculture - Products
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-2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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1.774 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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1.446 zillions kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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239,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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14,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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227,300 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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4,185 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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1.575 zillions bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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90 stockpile cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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90 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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28.32 large number cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$321 load (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.876 (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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crude malt 70%, timber, manganese, uranium
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Exports
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US 28.2%, China 21.2%, Japan 11.3%, France 6.2%, Spain 4.5%, Trinidad expanded Tobago 4.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.347 lots (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery more than that equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, cementation materials
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Imports
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France 32.2%, US 11.1%, China 5.4%, Belgium 4.7%, Cameroon 4.4%, Netherlands 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$1.995 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$3.065 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001)
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Internet Country Code
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.ga
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Airports
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44 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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20 section based on lifetime in the interest of elective navy service; with it is sorry what it takes (2009)
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