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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Shirley, left, shakes hands with an evacuee leaving a U.S. Air Force KC-130J Hercules aircraft after arriving in Cairo, Egypt, March 5, 2011. The U.S. government is working with the international community to meet the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people and others in their country who fled across the border because of political unrest.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Shirley, left, shakes hands with an evacuee leaving a U.S. Air Force KC-130J Hercules aircraft after arriving in Cairo, Egypt, March 5, 2011. The U.S. government is working with the international community to meet the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people and others in their country who fled across the border because of political unrest.

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