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Vatican ambassador visits Manas Air Base

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia (center) and Bishop Nikolaus Messmer (rear) receive a tour of Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, April 1. Archbishop Maury, the Vatican's envoy to Kyrgyzstan, visited with coalition personnel at Manas along with Bishop Nikolaus Messmer, the Apostolic Administrator for Kyrgyzstan. The Archbishop was in Kyrgyzstan to present his credentials as an ambassador to President Kurmanbek Bakiev. From left to right; Maj. Tom Shane, coalition coordinator liaison; Chaplain Capt. Piotr Gajda, Catholic priest; Archbishop Maury; Bishop Messmer; Col. James Pfaff, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander; Capt. Jonathan Hannon, protocol officer; and Maj. Derek Wolter, Protestant chaplain. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Weinberg)

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