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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale, right, and Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, left, chief of the National Guard Bureau, hold a press conference at the Pentagon, Feb. 1, 2008, to provide their perspectives on the recently released 400-page report by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.

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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale, right, and Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, left, chief of the National Guard Bureau, hold a press conference at the Pentagon, Feb. 1, 2008, to provide their perspectives on the recently released 400-page report by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.

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