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Deputy Defense Secretary Willliam J. Lynn III looks happy to have the U.S. Naval Academy goat, pep band and cheerleaders interrupt his staff meeting at the Pentagon, Dec. 9, 2010. The academy midshipmen were at the Pentagon to drum up support for their team in this Saturday's Army-Navy football classic in Philadelphia.

GOAT GLEE

Deputy Defense Secretary Willliam J. Lynn III looks happy to have the U.S. Naval Academy goat, pep band and cheerleaders interrupt his staff meeting at the Pentagon, Dec. 9, 2010. The academy midshipmen were at the Pentagon to drum up support for their team in this Saturday's Army-Navy football classic in Philadelphia.

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