CHANGING TROOPS IN IRAQ
LTG Ricardo Sanchez (L), Iraqi General Amer Bkar Hashemi and LTG Thomas F. Metz (R) salute during the Combined Joint Task Force-Seven inactivation on May 15, 2004 in Baghdad. The new Multi-National Force-Iraq will be in the charge of LTG Sanchez. (UPI Photo/Hugo Infante)
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