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From right, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Tracey Kunkel, division officer of the main operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort, explains operating room procedures to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt as he tours Comfort in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 7, 2007.

COMFORT IN HAITI

From right, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Tracey Kunkel, division officer of the main operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort, explains operating room procedures to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt as he tours Comfort in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 7, 2007.

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