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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn (right) meets with a group of five state governors in his Pentagon office on July 17, 2009. The governors will be traveling to Iraq to visit with deployed National Guard troops from their respective states. The governors are Rick Perry of Texas (2nd from right), Jim Gibbons of Nevada (3rd from right), Patrick Quinn of Illinois (4th from right), Jay Nixon of Missouri (left) and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota (2nd from left).

Deputy Secretary Lynn meets with a group of five state governors.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn (right) meets with a group of five state governors in his Pentagon office on July 17, 2009. The governors will be traveling to Iraq to visit with deployed National Guard troops from their respective states. The governors are Rick Perry of Texas (2nd from right), Jim Gibbons of Nevada (3rd from right), Patrick Quinn of Illinois (4th from right), Jay Nixon of Missouri (left) and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota (2nd from left).

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