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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A U.S. CH-47F Chinook helicopter flies over the red desert in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014.

A U.S. CH-47F Chinook helicopter flies over the red desert in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014.

A U.S. CH-47F Chinook helicopter flies over the red desert in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014.

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