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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen presents a commissioning certificate to an ROTC graduate at the L. Douglas Wilder Center, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va., on May 16, 1998. Cohen visited NSU to kick off the nation's 50th anniversary observance of President Harry S. Truman's executive order desegregating the armed forces.

Secretary Cohen presents a commissioning certificate to an ROTC graduate at Norfolk State.

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen presents a commissioning certificate to an ROTC graduate at the L. Douglas Wilder Center, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va., on May 16, 1998. Cohen visited NSU to kick off the nation's 50th anniversary observance of President Harry S. Truman's executive order desegregating the armed forces.

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