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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The day after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush visited the impact site to thank the workers there both military and civilian for the work they were doing in search and recovery, Sept. 12, 2001.

The day after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush visited the impact site to thank the workers there both military and civilian for the work they were doing in search and recovery, Sept. 12, 2001.

The day after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush visited the impact site to thank the workers there both military and civilian for the work they were doing in search and recovery, Sept. 12, 2001.

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