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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Laurie Hale examines an infant at a temporary medical site at the Killick Coast Guard Base during Continuing Promise 2011 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 28, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Laurie Hale examines an infant at a temporary medical site at the Killick Coast Guard Base during Continuing Promise 2011 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 28, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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