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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An Iraqi mother holds her son as she waits to see doctors during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008.

An Iraqi mother holds her son as she waits to see doctors during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008.

An Iraqi mother holds her son as she waits to see doctors during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008.

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