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Actor <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003397" title="Sean Penn" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/sean-penn-PECLB003397.topic">Sean Penn</a> visted the Al Monsour Children's Hospital in Baghdad, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO0000012" title="Iraq" href="/topic/intl/iraq-PLGEO0000012.topic">Iraq</a>. Penn came to the country for a three day visit after writing a letter about the Iraq crisis to <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT000857" title="George W. Bush" href="/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/george-w.-bush-PEPLT000857.topic">President George W. Bush</a> and publishing it in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP016752" title="The Washington Post" href="/topic/arts-culture/mass-media/news-media/the-washington-post-ORCRP016752.topic">the Washington Post</a>.
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( Stephanie Sinclair, Chicago Tribune / January 1, 2004 )

Actor Sean Penn visted the Al Monsour Children's Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Penn came to the country for a three day visit after writing a letter about the Iraq crisis to President George W. Bush and publishing it in the Washington Post.

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