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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Joli Abshira, wife of U.S. Army Spc. Morgan Abshira, holds her daughter as she listens to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speak to approximately 600 family members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in a gymnasium at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Aug 26, 2006. The uniformed members of the 172nd are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

STRYKER BRIGADE FAMILIES

Joli Abshira, wife of U.S. Army Spc. Morgan Abshira, holds her daughter as she listens to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speak to approximately 600 family members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in a gymnasium at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Aug 26, 2006. The uniformed members of the 172nd are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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