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All right this week . Thank you very

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much for joining us . Um tell me about

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the mood in towns that you all patrol

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and protect with the Iraqi people that

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you see ? Uh more respect being paid to

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the american soldiers by the Iraqi

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people as we get closer to the election .

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I mean , I can't speak for everywhere

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but our sector . Yes , because we're

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actually out there on the ground

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walking around seeing the people . So

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the more that were there , the more

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respect we get from them and it's just

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there's a better relationship . We're

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seeing a great deal of violence . Uh ,

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an escalation in violence recently with

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just two car bombings today . Um Are

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there anxious moments among the troops

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that we're getting real close to a very

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important day in the whole scheme of

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what we've been fighting for our

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they're anxious moments of that . Uh

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will this go off and will it go off

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safely ? Um I got to say , I don't

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speak for the guys them around and

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enormous , really anxious . We're just

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hoping elections go on as well and

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that's really it . Tell me what sorts

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of things you will be doing on Election

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Day . Um My

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platoon is assigned to guard one of the

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cops , so that's what we're doing well

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and will be cured . Iraq in case

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anything happens . The elections like

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Sundance said , we just want to Iraqi

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to run it themselves as far back as

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possible and hope all goes well . You

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think the Iraqi soldiers in the Iraqi

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police can do this can secure the

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selection uh and their own country

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without the help of the United States

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right now or I get the better question

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is what role do you think the U . S .

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Has ? What um what percentage of the

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protection is going to be provided by

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american troops ? Uh I think very very

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little percent . I mean the U . S .

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Troops are trying to give this all to

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the Iraqi troops will just be as far

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back as possible in case anything

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serious happens and they need

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assistance . Otherwise we're just there

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to over watch it . I'm gonna ask you

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the same question . I have Sergeant

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Dash if voters are killed on sunday

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will this be doing this a failure ? But

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on the part of the United States and

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other countries to secure these

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elections ? No I don't think so . I

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mean things happen . Hopefully

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everything will go well but I don't

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think that would be a big factor on

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it . An Iraqi woman told us that this

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is a once in a lifetime chance for her

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to vote in this election . Uh As far as

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being part of the security detail and

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such an important day in the history of

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the Middle East . How is this going to

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rank and your military career ?

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Uh I don't

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know . I really can't answer that one .

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I don't know . You haven't given him

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that , Let me ask you , how old are you ?

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I'm 22 years old sir . You're a young

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man in a foreign country ? How long

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have you been in the army ? Uh Two

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years , sir . Uh

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And what's your estimate ? How is it

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going personally for you ? And this is

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this is good as it gets , as far as the

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soldier is concerned . Uh

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Yeah , this is what we trained for . So ,

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I mean , I like it better than sitting

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back and brag , but I also miss my

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family . So it's a little both . Have

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you had a chance to talk with him

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lately about these elections and what

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your role is going to be ? And are they

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nervous for you ? Uh I think they're

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more nervous than I am . I have spoken

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on , but told him something as little

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as I can because security violation ,

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but I think they're more nervous than I

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am . I just want to come home safe .

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All right . And so do we listen . I

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want to thank you again for taking some

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time with us . And uh before I let you

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go , is there a local phone number in

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this area where we can call your loved

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ones ? Let them know that you're going

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to be on our broadcast ? Uh No , sir .

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My family's from up north . Okay . I

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sent to new york accent . I wasn't sure

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if you had relocated here , but all

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right , well , listen , you take care

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and good luck on sunday . Uh Thank you

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very much sir