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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A U.S Army special forces team sergeant, foreground, suggests scenarios that might present themselves during a meeting with key Afghan leaders of the Special Missions Wing Unit and the commander of the 6th Special Operations Kandak in Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. The soldier is assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan.

A U.S Army special forces team sergeant, foreground, suggests scenarios that might present themselves during a meeting with key Afghan leaders of the Special Missions Wing Unit and the commander of the 6th Special Operations Kandak in Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. The soldier is assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan.

A U.S Army special forces team sergeant, foreground, suggests scenarios that might present themselves during a meeting with key Afghan leaders of the Special Missions Wing Unit and the commander of the 6th Special Operations Kandak in Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. The soldier is assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan.

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