Jim Spiri (left) and Lt. General Odierno (right) meet during a visit by the General to Mosul on Sept. 12, 2007. Spiri, a freelance photographer, has spent the past two months embedded with 2nd battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division soldiers as they do daily combat patrols in and around the city of Mosul. (Photo courtesy of United States Army)
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