Visiting United States Army Chief of Staff, Peter J Schoomaker inspects a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in New Delhi on September 8.

Schoomaker is in India on a two-day official visit.

Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

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