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Defense Secretary Dick Cheney talks with soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division in Saudi Arabia, Aug. 19, 2011. The paratroopers were recently deployed to an air base in Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield. The division was the first large US ground combat force to arrive in Saudi Arabia after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on Aug. 2, 1990.

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney talks with soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division in Saudi Arabia, Aug. 19, 2011. The paratroopers were recently deployed to an air base in Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield. The division was the first large US ground combat force to arrive in Saudi Arabia after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on Aug. 2, 1990.

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney talks with soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division in Saudi Arabia, Aug. 19, 2011. The paratroopers were recently deployed to an air base in Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield. The division was the first large US ground combat force to arrive in Saudi Arabia after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on Aug. 2, 1990.

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