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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From foreground, the mobile offshore drilling unit Development Driller II prepares to drill a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, May 18, 2010, as the Modular Drilling Unit Q4000 holds position directly over a damaged blowout preventer and the drillship Discover Enterprise continues to capture oil from the ruptured riser.

OFFSHORE DRILLING

From foreground, the mobile offshore drilling unit Development Driller II prepares to drill a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, May 18, 2010, as the Modular Drilling Unit Q4000 holds position directly over a damaged blowout preventer and the drillship Discover Enterprise continues to capture oil from the ruptured riser.

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