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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Candy Shire, an information officer, is greeted by children at a clinic in Rawah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sept. 6, 2007.

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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Candy Shire, an information officer, is greeted by children at a clinic in Rawah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sept. 6, 2007.

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