Capt. Ali Balocanag Sumangil

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, right, pins the Gold Cross Medal on 2nd Lt. Ali Sumangil during awarding rites Monday Feb.6, 2006 at Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac province in northern Philippines. Sumangil and other members of his unit figured in an encounter with communist New People's Army rebels that resulted in the killing of at least 10 rebels. (AP Photo/OPS Malacanang Palace, Rico Borja, HO)

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, right, pins the Gold Cross Medal on 2nd Lt. Ali Sumangil during awarding rites Monday Feb.6, 2006 at Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac province in northern Philippines. Sumangil and other members of his unit figured in an encounter with communist New People's Army rebels that resulted in the killing of at least 10 rebels. (AP Photo/OPS Malacanang Palace, Rico Borja, HO)

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