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U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Russell looks out the rear window of a tactical vehicle on the way to a meeting with the Farah provincial chief justice in Farah City, Afghanistan, May 4, 2013.

U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Russell looks out the rear window of a tactical vehicle on the way to a meeting with the Farah provincial chief justice in Farah City, Afghanistan, May 4, 2013.

U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Russell looks out the rear window of a tactical vehicle on the way to a meeting with the Farah provincial chief justice in Farah City, Afghanistan, May 4, 2013.

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