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Airman 1st Class Chris Ericksen, right, serving with the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, speaks to President George W. Bush over a speaker phone on Nov. 22, 2007. The president wished Airman Ericksen and "all the folks you're with" a happy Thanksgiving.

A CALL FROM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF

Airman 1st Class Chris Ericksen, right, serving with the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, speaks to President George W. Bush over a speaker phone on Nov. 22, 2007. The president wished Airman Ericksen and "all the folks you're with" a happy Thanksgiving.

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