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Stresses in Iraq feed quite a smoking habit 

But as he prepared for a mission, Pendleton's image as a healthy, all-American graduate of West Point went up in smoke as he lit one cigarette after another.

It occurred to me that he could be the Marlboro man in another 10 years. Just put him in jeans, boots and a cowboy hat and plant him on top of a horse in the Rockies.

Cigarettes seem to calm the nerves here, and Pendleton's job has no shortage of stress. . . .

The violence has tapered off, but as Pendleton and a group of soldiers walked down that same boulevard last week you could see why he smokes so much.

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