Tue Nov 10, 8:54 AM ET

U.S. Army medic SPC Jeffery Wasser of 3/509 Infantry 4BDE25ID Task Force Geronimo jokes with Afghan children during a patrol at Patika province, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS MILITARY)

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