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An interpreter (center) translates for Chief Warrant Officer Steven Townsley, U.S. Marine Corps, as he talks with the local town leaders after a meeting in Fallujah, Iraq, on Aug. 24, 2007. Townsley is attached to the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines Civil Affairs Group.

An interpreter translates for Chief Warrant Officer Steven Townsley.

An interpreter (center) translates for Chief Warrant Officer Steven Townsley, U.S. Marine Corps, as he talks with the local town leaders after a meeting in Fallujah, Iraq, on Aug. 24, 2007. Townsley is attached to the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines Civil Affairs Group.

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