We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 24, 2010

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Members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team from Forward Operating Base Finley Shield walk through a construction site to ensure building is on schedule near Jalalabad city in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on June 10. Photo via the US Army photo by Spc. David Jackson.