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Published 11/5/2008 by Ernesto Londoño at Wash Post Elections
BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 -- As Americans flocked to polling stations on Election Day, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan West and his men walked out of a small outpost in western Baghdad shortly after sunset, each carrying 40 pounds of gear on his back, for yet another foot patrol.
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