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Two Iraqi discuss a plate of American food during a Fourth of July party at Forward Operating Base Echo on Friday.
Iraqi sheiks, politicians and schoolchildren mingled with U.S. soldiers and civilians at Forward Operating Base Echo Friday for a Fourth of July celebration that included red, white and blue streamers, a Stars and Stripes cake, hamburgers, fried chicken and other holiday fare.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to repeal the law banning homosexuals from serving openly in the military as soon as possible, with or without President Obama's help.
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Daesungdong Elementary School, which lies amid the heavily armed DMZ, is visited twice a week by English-teaching U.S. soldiers even amid the recent political posturing by North Korea.
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