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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left, U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tammy Fisher, Fisher House Foundation trustee, Angela Riseden and Bailey Reese, both award recipients, Tom Indoe, Newman's Own president, and Maurice Grant, Army Times Publishing Company Director of Marketing, pose for a photo during the Newman's Own award ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 5, 2008. Riseden and Reese received a $1,000 award for Kids Sending Hero Hugs.

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From left, U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tammy Fisher, Fisher House Foundation trustee, Angela Riseden and Bailey Reese, both award recipients, Tom Indoe, Newman's Own president, and Maurice Grant, Army Times Publishing Company Director of Marketing, pose for a photo during the Newman's Own award ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 5, 2008. Riseden and Reese received a $1,000 award for Kids Sending Hero Hugs.

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