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A Chicken in Every Pot

Charles Russell, a member of the U.S. State Department Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team and an agricultural advisor, tends to Iraqi chicks at the Mahmudiyah Poultry Association during an EPRT event in Mahmudiyah, Feb. 27. The U.S. funded program provides crucial vaccines necessary for health growth and development. Photo by Jamie Vernon

“This project, established with U.S. assistance, is going in a smooth way. This is a wonderful project that creates a lot of jobs for many different tribes and helps the economy in the Mahmudiyah area. The money that went to cater to this project went to the right place,” said Mr. Shakeir, owner of the Poultry Agkardi Hatchery and a member of the board of directors for the Mahmudiyah Poultry Association.