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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale (right) and Chief of the National Guard Bureau Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum (left), U.S. Army, conduct a press conference in the Pentagon to discuss the report by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves on Feb. 1, 2008.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale and Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum conduct a press conference.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale (right) and Chief of the National Guard Bureau Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum (left), U.S. Army, conduct a press conference in the Pentagon to discuss the report by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves on Feb. 1, 2008.

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