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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army soldiers patiently wait in the seats of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during a combat sortie that is transporting them into Iraq from an air base in the Persian Gulf Region on April 21, 2008.

U.S. Army soldiers patiently wait in the seats of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft.

U.S. Army soldiers patiently wait in the seats of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during a combat sortie that is transporting them into Iraq from an air base in the Persian Gulf Region on April 21, 2008.

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