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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ashley Cope checks an East Timorese woman's ear at a clinic in Dili, Timor Leste, July 16, 2009.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ashley Cope checks an East Timorese woman's ear at a clinic in Dili, Timor Leste, July 16, 2009.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ashley Cope checks an East Timorese woman's ear at a clinic in Dili, Timor Leste, July 16, 2009.

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