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Marine Lt. Col. Chris Landry says hello to children as the Iraqi army and the national police bring security to the people of Iraq during a joint operation designed to eliminate illegal weapons and criminal elements, July 8, 2008, in Husseniaya, northeast of Baghdad. Landry is the senior Military Transition Team advisor assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division Quick Reaction Force.

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Marine Lt. Col. Chris Landry says hello to children as the Iraqi army and the national police bring security to the people of Iraq during a joint operation designed to eliminate illegal weapons and criminal elements, July 8, 2008, in Husseniaya, northeast of Baghdad. Landry is the senior Military Transition Team advisor assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division Quick Reaction Force.

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