We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 2, 2009

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US Army 1st Lt. Russell Dasher teaches a boy how to “fist bump” as Army Staff Sgt. Donald Ottaway looks on at the Andar district bazaar in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, Oct. 20, 2009. (US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sarah Webb.)