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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas Hall conducts a press briefing to discuss the recommendations made by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves in the Pentagon on May 16, 2007. The Commission made twenty-three recommendations intended to empower the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and determine the adequacy of federal planning for homeland security and civil support.

Thomas Hall conducts a press briefing.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas Hall conducts a press briefing to discuss the recommendations made by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves in the Pentagon on May 16, 2007. The Commission made twenty-three recommendations intended to empower the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and determine the adequacy of federal planning for homeland security and civil support.

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