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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, second from left, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, joins entertainers A.J. Cook, far left, Katherine Jenkins, third left, Lionel Richie, Kelli O'Hara, Joe Mantegna and Blythe Danner on stage at the National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 30, 2010.

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Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, second from left, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, joins entertainers A.J. Cook, far left, Katherine Jenkins, third left, Lionel Richie, Kelli O'Hara, Joe Mantegna and Blythe Danner on stage at the National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 30, 2010.

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