At the Tikrit Joint Communications Center, Lt. Col. Todd Wood pauses about a half an hour before the polls open.  We tour the Tikrit area as the Iraqi consititutional referendum takes place. Our story features two aspects of the referendum: the vote itself, at some of the 33 Tikrit area polling places, and then the backstory- the role of Lt. Col. Todd Wood and soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment,1st Brigade of the Third Infantry Division, U.S. Army in making sure the Iraqi Army and Police are ready to support safe and secure elections without direct U.S. help.  San Francisco Chronicle Photo by Kim Komenich  10/15/05 Photo: Kim Komenich
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