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U.S. Army Sgt. Krista Ihde talks to an Iraqi girl during a visit to the provincial Iraqi police headquarters in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on Dec. 20, 2006. Ihde is a team leader with 3rd Platoon, 984th Military Police Company, Police Transition Team, Camp Echo, Iraq.

U.S. Army Sgt. Krista Ihde talks to an Iraqi girl.

U.S. Army Sgt. Krista Ihde talks to an Iraqi girl during a visit to the provincial Iraqi police headquarters in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on Dec. 20, 2006. Ihde is a team leader with 3rd Platoon, 984th Military Police Company, Police Transition Team, Camp Echo, Iraq.

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