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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

On the Sesame Street set in New York, April 20, Elmo (center) joins Lance de la Rosa, regional general manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Mary Keller, executive director of the Military Child Education Coalition; Sharon E. Carpinello, New York State Office of Mental Health commissioner; and Gary E. Knell, Sesame Workshop's president and chief executive officer. They unveiled research pegged to the July launch of "Talk, Listen, Connect," a military outreach program created by their partnership. Photo by Richard Termine for Sesame Workshop

On the Sesame Street set in New York, April 20, Elmo (center) joins Lance de la Rosa, regional general manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Mary Keller, executive director of the Military Child Education Coalition; Sharon E. Carpinello, New York State Office of Mental Health commissioner; and Gary E. Knell, Sesame Workshop's president and chief executive officer. They unveiled research pegged to the July launch of "Talk, Listen, Connect," a military outreach program created by their partnership. Photo by Richard Termine for Sesame Workshop

On the Sesame Street set in New York, April 20, Elmo (center) joins Lance de la Rosa, regional general manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Mary Keller, executive director of the Military Child Education Coalition; Sharon E. Carpinello, New York State Office of Mental Health commissioner; and Gary E. Knell, Sesame Workshop's president and chief executive officer. They unveiled research pegged to the July launch of "Talk, Listen, Connect," a military outreach program created by their partnership. Photo by Richard Termine for Sesame Workshop

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