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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Robert Hastings, right, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, has lunch with troops from the Multi-National Force Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2008.

BAGHDAD LUNCH

Robert Hastings, right, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, has lunch with troops from the Multi-National Force Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2008.

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