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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis Zeisman gives an Iraqi boy a toy during a school supply distribution event at the Al Assal kindergarten in Oubaity, Iraq, Feb. 19, 2009. The kindergarten was one of two schools to receive supplies from the combined forces. Paratroopers have been assisting their Iraqi partners in Oubaity and across New Baghdad for several weeks to improve the lives of its residents.

TOY FOR TOT

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis Zeisman gives an Iraqi boy a toy during a school supply distribution event at the Al Assal kindergarten in Oubaity, Iraq, Feb. 19, 2009. The kindergarten was one of two schools to receive supplies from the combined forces. Paratroopers have been assisting their Iraqi partners in Oubaity and across New Baghdad for several weeks to improve the lives of its residents.

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