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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz visits with Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Briscoe at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Nov. 11, 2003. Wolfowitz visited Briscoe and other wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan before joining President Bush at Arlington National Cemetery for the traditional Veterans Day observances. Briscoe, a 16-year Army veteran, was seriously wounded when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle in Iraq.

Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz visits with Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Briscoe at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz visits with Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Briscoe at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Nov. 11, 2003. Wolfowitz visited Briscoe and other wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan before joining President Bush at Arlington National Cemetery for the traditional Veterans Day observances. Briscoe, a 16-year Army veteran, was seriously wounded when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle in Iraq.

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