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Haitians line up for medical treatment by physicians from the military hospital ship USNS Comfort during its Continuing Promise 2009 mission in Killick, Haiti, April 10, 2009. Continuing Promise is a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission between the United States and international partners to provide support programs afloat and ashore in seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Haitians line up for medical treatment by physicians from the military hospital ship USNS Comfort during its Continuing Promise 2009 mission in Killick, Haiti, April 10, 2009. Continuing Promise is a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission between the United States and international partners to provide support programs afloat and ashore in seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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