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A Nicaraguan child peeks through a bench watching for her mother at the medical clinic during Continuing Promise 2008, Betania, Nicaragua, Aug. 18, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of CP 2008, an equal-partnership mission with the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

PEEKING FOR PROMISE

A Nicaraguan child peeks through a bench watching for her mother at the medical clinic during Continuing Promise 2008, Betania, Nicaragua, Aug. 18, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of CP 2008, an equal-partnership mission with the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

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