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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (3rd from right), Thomas Heidenberger (2nd from left), and other airline employees place a wreath near the site of the impact of American Airlines Flight 77 at the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) watches on May 9, 2006. The cyclists departed Los Angeles on April 2, and dedicated each of the 33 days of the ride to the memory of a particular airline crew member killed in the terrorist actions of Sept. 11, 2001.

Deputy Secretary England, Thomas Heidenberger and other airline employees place a wreath.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (3rd from right), Thomas Heidenberger (2nd from left), and other airline employees place a wreath near the site of the impact of American Airlines Flight 77 at the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) watches on May 9, 2006. The cyclists departed Los Angeles on April 2, and dedicated each of the 33 days of the ride to the memory of a particular airline crew member killed in the terrorist actions of Sept. 11, 2001.

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