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Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England speaks to airmen of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 20, 2007. England is in Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as coalition leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The airmen are deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

Deputy Secretary England speaks to airmen.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England speaks to airmen of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 20, 2007. England is in Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as coalition leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The airmen are deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

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