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U.S. Army Maj. Kimberly Riggs, an engineering officer in charge of the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team, reviews a contract proposal with a local elder following a bidder's conference at the Governor's compound in Gardez in the Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan on April 2, 2009.

Maj. Kimberly Riggs reviews a contract proposal with a local elder.

U.S. Army Maj. Kimberly Riggs, an engineering officer in charge of the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team, reviews a contract proposal with a local elder following a bidder's conference at the Governor's compound in Gardez in the Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan on April 2, 2009.

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