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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, right, discusses women's issues and decreasing violence against women in Farah province with a provincial council member during a council meeting at the provincial governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2013. McCray is the commander of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

WOMEN'S ISSUES

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, right, discusses women's issues and decreasing violence against women in Farah province with a provincial council member during a council meeting at the provincial governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2013. McCray is the commander of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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