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I had no place else to live. the whole interaction i had with this brigade changed my opinion about the military. i found guys that were absolutely dedicated to the mission. they were so dedicated to kirkuk, helping kirkuk get back on its feet. they had a great sense of humor, very talented, very well educated and i was thinking why are you guys in the military? it really, really surprised me. >> and do you feel that, you know, when you were there, were you feeling, this is fascinating, i'm part of history or feeling, this is dangerous and, you know, my god, i have to get back to england to ra...

>> did you feel like you were running kirkuk? >> what we tried to do was put the iraqis in charge because at the beginning when the military had come in, the military had taken over everything. so, we tried to say, look, that's not success. success is not the u.s. military running kirkuk, it is the kirkukis. we set up the different bodies to get them involved in running their own affairs and we would do it. >> what was it like to work with the american military for a brit, for a woman, did this strike of you as kind of yankee cowboys? >> any preconceived ideas i had of the military, i never wo...