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U.S. Ambassador Peter W. Bodde, center, welcomes a U.S. Disaster Assistance and Response Team to Nepal, April 28, 2015. The team deployed to assist with relief and recovery efforts after the country was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, April 25.

RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVES

U.S. Ambassador Peter W. Bodde, center, welcomes a U.S. Disaster Assistance and Response Team to Nepal, April 28, 2015. The team deployed to assist with relief and recovery efforts after the country was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, April 25.

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