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U.S. Air Force Maj. Kimberly Riggs, chief engineer for the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, listens to a contractor’s concerns during a conference, Feb. 7, 2009, at Gardez City, near Forward Operating Base Gardez.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kimberly Riggs, chief engineer for the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, listens to a contractor’s concerns during a conference, Feb. 7, 2009, at Gardez City, near Forward Operating Base Gardez.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kimberly Riggs, chief engineer for the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, listens to a contractor’s concerns during a conference, Feb. 7, 2009, at Gardez City, near Forward Operating Base Gardez.

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