Comma question - "It is remarkable that, when faced with..."

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Sergkr  #390053  Mon, 09 Jul 07 10:22 PM
Consider this statement:

"It is remarkable that, when faced with such burdens, they managed to persist."

Is the first comma grammatically correct? What rule of grammar justifies it? Or is the more common variant (with the comma removed) more grammatically correct?

I would appreciate your help. Thank you in advance.
  
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Feebs11  #390061  Mon, 09 Jul 07 10:53 PM
Both commas or no commas. Removing the first comma merely leads to bad punctuation.
  
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