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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks with Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Paul Holton (right) Operation Give founder and president, and key volunteers in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 29, 2006. Operation Give is a nonprofit organization that supports children in war torn and natural disaster affected areas of the world.

Secretary Rumsfeld speaks with Chief Warrant Officer Paul Holton.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks with Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Paul Holton (right) Operation Give founder and president, and key volunteers in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 29, 2006. Operation Give is a nonprofit organization that supports children in war torn and natural disaster affected areas of the world.

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