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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

In the Sesame Workshop’s Emmy-nominated, primetime special, “When Parents Are Deployed,” Elmo talks to his dad about his dad’s upcoming deployment. Photo by Richard Termine, used by permission of the copyright holder, Sesame Workshop

In the Sesame Workshop’s Emmy-nominated, primetime special, “When Parents Are Deployed,” Elmo talks to his dad about his dad’s upcoming deployment. Photo by Richard Termine, used by permission of the copyright holder, Sesame Workshop

In the Sesame Workshop’s Emmy-nominated, primetime special, “When Parents Are Deployed,” Elmo talks to his dad about his dad’s upcoming deployment. Photo by Richard Termine, used by permission of the copyright holder, Sesame Workshop

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