We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 11, 2011

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US Army Spc. Kevin Medeiros, Provincial Reconstruction Team Kabul, secures an area in Qalat City, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2011. US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras.