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Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul unload humanitarian supplies to be put on pallets and then transported to the people of Batumi, Republic of Georgia, Aug. 24, 2008. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of Georgia.

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Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul unload humanitarian supplies to be put on pallets and then transported to the people of Batumi, Republic of Georgia, Aug. 24, 2008. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of Georgia.

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