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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Clean-up crews continue their work at "Ground Zero," the World Trade Center site in New York, more than two months after terrorists slammed hijacked airliners into the two towers. The photograph was not taken from the air, but from the edge a large, deep hole cleared of wreckage. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Clean-up crews continue their work at "Ground Zero," the World Trade Center site in New York, more than two months after terrorists slammed hijacked airliners into the two towers. The photograph was not taken from the air, but from the edge a large, deep hole cleared of wreckage. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Clean-up crews continue their work at "Ground Zero," the World Trade Center site in New York, more than two months after terrorists slammed hijacked airliners into the two towers. The photograph was not taken from the air, but from the edge a large, deep hole cleared of wreckage. Photo by Rudi Williams.

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