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U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meeks speaks with Capt. Fernandez Frank Ponds, mission commander of Continuing Promise 2008, about hurricane relief efforts, Port Au Prince, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is the primary platform for Continuing Promise and has been diverted from the scheduled humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Ernest Scott |
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