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An Afghan girl presents flowers to Mary Jo Myers, spouse of Joint Chiefs chairman Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, during her tour of a women's hospital and orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 30. "You have a lot of people here who care for you and a lot of people in the U.S. who want to help, so don't you worry," she told a young Afghan boy at the orphanage. Photo by Sgt. Stephanie Hall.

An Afghan girl presents flowers to Mary Jo Myers, spouse of Joint Chiefs chairman Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, during her tour of a women's hospital and orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 30. "You have a lot of people here who care for you and a lot of people in the U.S. who want to help, so don't you worry," she told a young Afghan boy at the orphanage. Photo by Sgt. Stephanie Hall.

An Afghan girl presents flowers to Mary Jo Myers, spouse of Joint Chiefs chairman Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, during her tour of a women's hospital and orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 30. "You have a lot of people here who care for you and a lot of people in the U.S. who want to help, so don't you worry," she told a young Afghan boy at the orphanage. Photo by Sgt. Stephanie Hall.

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