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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Iraqi army soldiers and an Iraqi policeman guard a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 26, 2008.

CHECKPOINT GUARDS

Iraqi army soldiers and an Iraqi policeman guard a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 26, 2008.

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