Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile.

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Yasa said that he came from Van, near Iran, and that he wanted to work but had no skills.

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Wolfowitz sat down next to a slight middle-aged man in a fraying denim jacket and a black wool cap, who said that his name was Bedir Yasa and that until recently he had been living on the streets.

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