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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A U.S. Marine helps a child look out the window of a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during their departure from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, to Cyprus July 18, 2006.

Beirut Evacuation

A U.S. Marine helps a child look out the window of a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during their departure from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, to Cyprus July 18, 2006.

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