We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 10, 2009

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Yesterday I posted a photo from Afghanistan. Today, it’s Iraq.U.S. Army Pfc. Anthony Mariscao of Houston, Texas, from 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, gives an Iraqi girl candy in the village of Raml in Kirkuk, Iraq, June 4, 2009. U.S. Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces are working to identify areas that need road repair in and around Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen Jr./Released)