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"I looked at this little girl and I saw her as something pure in the middle of a bunch of chaos," Chris Weimer, 26, says of a child he encountered in Iraq. (3.19.08)
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ChrisWeimer 122 days ago
You can click on my profile here to find out more about my experiences in Iraq or what it was like interacting with Senator's Obama and Clinton during the Young Vets show.
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