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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, far right, listens as U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski addresses the audience during a memorial service for Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2010. Murtha was an officer in the Marine Reserves in 1974 when he became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. He later became the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and an advocate for veterans affairs on Capitol Hill.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, far right, listens as U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski addresses the audience during a memorial service for Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2010. Murtha was an officer in the Marine Reserves in 1974 when he became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. He later became the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and an advocate for veterans affairs on Capitol Hill.

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