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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A line of people surrounded by a crowd place wreaths at headstones.

Moment of Silence

From the left: Terry Fitzgerald, a police officer from Portland, Maine; Ashley Libby; Karen and John Mooreshead; Carrie Olsen and Kevin Haley, Police Officer from Portland, Maine; pause and render honors after placing wreaths at the grave markers of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy and their children during the annual Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 16, 2017. DoD photo by Walter Reeves

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