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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. soldiers exit an upstairs door after searching a house in Pana village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 24, 2012.

U.S. soldiers exit an upstairs door after searching a house in Pana village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 24, 2012.

U.S. soldiers exit an upstairs door after searching a house in Pana village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 24, 2012.

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