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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left: Hubert Caloud, assistant superintendent Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Ricardo Morales, commander of the Philippine Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Support Group, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney, Deborah Mullen, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Larry A. Adkison, cemetery superintendent, salute during the playing of Taps at the cemetry. They took part in a ceremony in honor of the 17,202 U.S. troops buried at the cemetery who lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, the Philippines, June 2, 2008.

From left: Hubert Caloud, assistant superintendent Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Ricardo Morales, commander of the Philippine Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Support Group, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney, Deborah Mullen, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Larry A. Adkison, cemetery superintendent, salute during the playing of Taps at the cemetry. They took part in a ceremony in honor of the 17,202 U.S. troops buried at the cemetery who lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, the Philippines, June 2, 2008.

From left: Hubert Caloud, assistant superintendent Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Ricardo Morales, commander of the Philippine Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Support Group, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney, Deborah Mullen, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Larry A. Adkison, cemetery superintendent, salute during the playing of Taps at the cemetry. They took part in a ceremony in honor of the 17,202 U.S. troops buried at the cemetery who lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, the Philippines, June 2, 2008.

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