A U.S. army soldier walks in Maimbung town in Jolo province, southern Philippines January 25, 2007. U.S. State Department Undersecretary for Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes and Kristie Kenney, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, on Thursday visited the island province which is a known hotbed of the al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf and the Indonesian group Jemaah Islamiyah, to inspect some of the humanitarian projects implemented by U.S. forces and the various projects funded by the U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)