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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns, fourth from left, talks with Hajji Bashir Khan, right, head of the Farah provincial council, while U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, left, and Ray Sudweeks, second from left, U.S. State Department senior civilian representative in Farah, listen during a meeting at the governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, April 11, 2013. McCray is the commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns, fourth from left, talks with Hajji Bashir Khan, right, head of the Farah provincial council, while U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, left, and Ray Sudweeks, second from left, U.S. State Department senior civilian representative in Farah, listen during a meeting at the governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, April 11, 2013. McCray is the commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns, fourth from left, talks with Hajji Bashir Khan, right, head of the Farah provincial council, while U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray, left, and Ray Sudweeks, second from left, U.S. State Department senior civilian representative in Farah, listen during a meeting at the governor's compound in Farah City, Afghanistan, April 11, 2013. McCray is the commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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