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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Shane Rossow takes notes as he listens to a local sheik during a council meeting in Hit, Iraq, on March 17, 2007. Rossow, a civil affairs group commander from 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, is meeting with local leaders to assess the need for improvements in the city.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Shane Rossow takes notes as he listens.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Shane Rossow takes notes as he listens to a local sheik during a council meeting in Hit, Iraq, on March 17, 2007. Rossow, a civil affairs group commander from 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, is meeting with local leaders to assess the need for improvements in the city.

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