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Staff Sgt. Joe Tate shakes an orphan's hand at an Operation Outreach visit to a local refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Operation Outreach is a volunteer organization in Kabul, Afghanistan made up of U.S. military, International Security Assistance Force troops and civilians that help give impoverished children and families a better quality of life.

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Staff Sgt. Joe Tate shakes an orphan's hand at an Operation Outreach visit to a local refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Operation Outreach is a volunteer organization in Kabul, Afghanistan made up of U.S. military, International Security Assistance Force troops and civilians that help give impoverished children and families a better quality of life.

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