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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. soldiers take breaks after pulling security in the summer sun and keep cool by sitting in the shade of the Hammamiyat police station compound wall, Sept. 2, 2008.

SHADE BREAK

U.S. soldiers take breaks after pulling security in the summer sun and keep cool by sitting in the shade of the Hammamiyat police station compound wall, Sept. 2, 2008.

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