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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) speaks with Dan and Deb Dunham, the parents of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jason Dunham, in his Pentagon office on Jan. 12, 2007. Cpl. Dunham received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in Iraq. Dunham gave his life in April 2004 by jumping on a grenade during an insurgent attack in western Iraq saving the lives of Marines under his command.

Deputy Secretary England speaks with Dan and Deb Dunham.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) speaks with Dan and Deb Dunham, the parents of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jason Dunham, in his Pentagon office on Jan. 12, 2007. Cpl. Dunham received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in Iraq. Dunham gave his life in April 2004 by jumping on a grenade during an insurgent attack in western Iraq saving the lives of Marines under his command.

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