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Darren Richardson, an employee with the U.S. Agriculture Department, points to a nearby canal while U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Seavy and members from a local Kuchi tribe look on, the Bawka district in Farah province, Afghanistan, June 12, 2010. Seavy is the 1st Marine Expeditionary forward liaison officer to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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Darren Richardson, an employee with the U.S. Agriculture Department, points to a nearby canal while U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Seavy and members from a local Kuchi tribe look on, the Bawka district in Farah province, Afghanistan, June 12, 2010. Seavy is the 1st Marine Expeditionary forward liaison officer to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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