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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Director of the Office of Personnel Management Linda Springer (right) addresses reporters in the Pentagon on the new National Security Personnel System as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England listens on Oct. 26, 2005. The new system for human resource management will affect about 700,000 DoD civilian employees.

Director of the Office of Personnel Management Linda Springer addresses reporters in the Pentagon.

Director of the Office of Personnel Management Linda Springer (right) addresses reporters in the Pentagon on the new National Security Personnel System as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England listens on Oct. 26, 2005. The new system for human resource management will affect about 700,000 DoD civilian employees.

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