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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Darren Richardson, U.S. Agriculture Department employee, points to a nearby canal with U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Seavy and members from a local Kuchi tribe residing in the Bawka district in Farah province, Afghanistan, June 12, 2010. Seavy, the 1st Marine Expeditionary forward liaison officer to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, visited three villages in the district to gather information on the needs of the village residents.

Darren Richardson, U.S. Agriculture Department employee, points to a nearby canal with U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Seavy and members from a local Kuchi tribe residing in the Bawka district in Farah province, Afghanistan, June 12, 2010. Seavy, the 1st Marine Expeditionary forward liaison officer to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, visited three villages in the district to gather information on the needs of the village residents.

Darren Richardson, U.S. Agriculture Department employee, points to a nearby canal with U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Seavy and members from a local Kuchi tribe residing in the Bawka district in Farah province, Afghanistan, June 12, 2010. Seavy, the 1st Marine Expeditionary forward liaison officer to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, visited three villages in the district to gather information on the needs of the village residents.

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