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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Thirty-one military personnel stood before friends and family during a military naturalization ceremony and gained their citizenship in the Pentagon Courtyard on Sept. 10, 2009.

Thirty-one military personnel stood before friends and family during a military naturalization ceremony.

Thirty-one military personnel stood before friends and family during a military naturalization ceremony and gained their citizenship in the Pentagon Courtyard on Sept. 10, 2009.

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