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President Barack Obama receives a fist-bump from a U.S. soldier as he greets hundreds of U.S. troops during his April 7, 2009, visit to Camp Victory, Iraq. Obama thanked the troops for their service and personal sacrifice “under enormous strain … through controversy and difficulty and politics.”

G.I. FIST BUMP

President Barack Obama receives a fist-bump from a U.S. soldier as he greets hundreds of U.S. troops during his April 7, 2009, visit to Camp Victory, Iraq. Obama thanked the troops for their service and personal sacrifice “under enormous strain … through controversy and difficulty and politics.”

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