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Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III is accompanied by his wife, Mary Murphy, while being sworn in at the Pentagon as the 30th Deputy Secretary of Defense, Feb. 12, 2009. Lynn previously served as the Defense Department's comptroller in the Clinton Admistration.

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Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III is accompanied by his wife, Mary Murphy, while being sworn in at the Pentagon as the 30th Deputy Secretary of Defense, Feb. 12, 2009. Lynn previously served as the Defense Department's comptroller in the Clinton Admistration.

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