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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Marine Corps Private 1st Class Connor Brown renders honors as the presidential motorcade drives to the Capitol Building en route to the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. More than 1,200 services members from all five branches of the military complete the cordon for the 57th Inauguration Day ceremony.

U.S. Marine Corps Private 1st Class Connor Brown renders honors as the presidential motorcade drives to the Capitol Building en route to the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. More than 1,200 services members from all five branches of the military complete the cordon for the 57th Inauguration Day ceremony.

U.S. Marine Corps Private 1st Class Connor Brown renders honors as the presidential motorcade drives to the Capitol Building en route to the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. More than 1,200 services members from all five branches of the military complete the cordon for the 57th Inauguration Day ceremony.

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