Sen. Obama visits U.S. forces in Iraq
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) and Sen. Chuck Hagel (D-NB) (R) listen to Gen. David H. Petraeus discuss security improvements in Baghdad while giving them and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (not pictured) an aerial tour of the city in Iraq on July 21, 2008. (UPI Photo/Lorie Jewell/U.S. Army)
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