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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Abraham Brown, from South Carolina, talks with Bernie Klemanek, center, from Virginia, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Veterans Day observance at the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2010.

Abraham Brown, from South Carolina, talks with Bernie Klemanek, center, from Virginia, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Veterans Day observance at the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2010.

Abraham Brown, from South Carolina, talks with Bernie Klemanek, center, from Virginia, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Veterans Day observance at the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2010.

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