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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg (2nd from right), the information operations officer for the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, talks with a village elder during a canal site survey near Highway 1 in the Zabul province of Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2010. During the visit the team discussed problems facing the village and how the local government receives information.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg talks with a village elder during a canal site survey.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg (2nd from right), the information operations officer for the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, talks with a village elder during a canal site survey near Highway 1 in the Zabul province of Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2010. During the visit the team discussed problems facing the village and how the local government receives information.

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