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A U.S. Marine and an Iraqi Army role player share a handshake during a specialized training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., that is designed to teach Marines and sailors about foreign cultures and languages to help them in training foreign security and military troops, March 7, 2008.

HANDSHAKE EXERCISE

A U.S. Marine and an Iraqi Army role player share a handshake during a specialized training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., that is designed to teach Marines and sailors about foreign cultures and languages to help them in training foreign security and military troops, March 7, 2008.

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