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Vice president-elect Joe Biden meets soldiers and Senior Airman Steven Brown, Jan. 13, 2009, at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Brown is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT IN KIRKUK

Vice president-elect Joe Biden meets soldiers and Senior Airman Steven Brown, Jan. 13, 2009, at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Brown is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

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