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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld introduces eleven-year-old Ashley R. Pearson and her family from Rhode Island during a Pentagon Town Hall Meeting on March 12, 2004. Ashley wrote a letter to President George W. Bush that he read in part during his State of the Union speech. Bush invited the Pearsons to Washington, D.C., for a visit. They are from left to right in the front row, father Thomas, mother Natalie, brother Mark, and Ashley.

Secretary Rumsfeld introduces eleven-year-old Ashley Pearson and her family during a Pentagon Town Hall Meeting.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld introduces eleven-year-old Ashley R. Pearson and her family from Rhode Island during a Pentagon Town Hall Meeting on March 12, 2004. Ashley wrote a letter to President George W. Bush that he read in part during his State of the Union speech. Bush invited the Pearsons to Washington, D.C., for a visit. They are from left to right in the front row, father Thomas, mother Natalie, brother Mark, and Ashley.

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