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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sgt. Steven Thibodeau, left, a police officer from the town of Scarborough, Maine, and Kevin Haley, a police officer from Portland, Maine, render honors after placing a wreath at the grave marker of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, during Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 13, 2014.

Sgt. Steven Thibodeau, left, a police officer from the town of Scarborough, Maine, and Kevin Haley, a police officer from Portland, Maine, render honors after placing a wreath at the grave marker of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, during Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 13, 2014.

Sgt. Steven Thibodeau, left, a police officer from the town of Scarborough, Maine, and Kevin Haley, a police officer from Portland, Maine, render honors after placing a wreath at the grave marker of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, during Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 13, 2014.

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