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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Wolfe, left, walks beside U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns upon arriving at the site of a meeting with the Farah provincial council at the governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, April 11, 2013. Wolfe, a platoon leader, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. The consul general and reconstruction team members met with the Farah provincial council and other leaders to express condolences for a recent terrorist attack in Farah City and to assess damage to government buildings.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Wolfe, left, walks beside U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns upon arriving at the site of a meeting with the Farah provincial council at the governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, April 11, 2013. Wolfe, a platoon leader, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. The consul general and reconstruction team members met with the Farah provincial council and other leaders to express condolences for a recent terrorist attack in Farah City and to assess damage to government buildings.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Wolfe, left, walks beside U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns upon arriving at the site of a meeting with the Farah provincial council at the governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, April 11, 2013. Wolfe, a platoon leader, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. The consul general and reconstruction team members met with the Farah provincial council and other leaders to express condolences for a recent terrorist attack in Farah City and to assess damage to government buildings.

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