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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, second from left, adjutant general for the New York National Guard, speaks with New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, right, and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz at an operations center in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2014. Cuomo toured the areas of western New York struck by historic snowfall levels and mobilized more than 240 Guardsmen to help remove the snow and control traffic. About 100 more Guardsmen were expected to arrive in the region to help.

Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, second from left, adjutant general for the New York National Guard, speaks with New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, right, and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz at an operations center in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2014. Cuomo toured the areas of western New York struck by historic snowfall levels and mobilized more than 240 Guardsmen to help remove the snow and control traffic. About 100 more Guardsmen were expected to arrive in the region to help.

Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, second from left, adjutant general for the New York National Guard, speaks with New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, right, and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz at an operations center in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2014. Cuomo toured the areas of western New York struck by historic snowfall levels and mobilized more than 240 Guardsmen to help remove the snow and control traffic. About 100 more Guardsmen were expected to arrive in the region to help.

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