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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left: Albert C. "Clai" Ellett, acting director of Washington Headquarters Services, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn, and Eileen Roberson, administrative assistant to the Undersecretary of the Navy, hit the wall with sledgehammers during a demolition ceremony to commemorate the beginning of the renovation of Wedge 5 of the Pentagon, Feb. 27, 2009.

DEMOLITION CEREMONY

From left: Albert C. "Clai" Ellett, acting director of Washington Headquarters Services, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn, and Eileen Roberson, administrative assistant to the Undersecretary of the Navy, hit the wall with sledgehammers during a demolition ceremony to commemorate the beginning of the renovation of Wedge 5 of the Pentagon, Feb. 27, 2009.

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