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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President George W. Bush speaks to Marines and their families following lunch inside the mess hall at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 23, 2006.

Thanking the Troops

President George W. Bush speaks to Marines and their families following lunch inside the mess hall at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 23, 2006.

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