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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A U.S. citizen holds a child as they wait to board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, for a flight to Cyprus on July 19, 2006.

Waiting to Leave

A U.S. citizen holds a child as they wait to board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, for a flight to Cyprus on July 19, 2006.

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