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Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III talks with Col. Michael Howard, U.S. Army, while visiting Field Operation Base Salerno in Afghanistan on Sept.10, 2009.

Deputy Secretary William J. Lynn III talks with Col. Michael Howard.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III talks with Col. Michael Howard, U.S. Army, while visiting Field Operation Base Salerno in Afghanistan on Sept.10, 2009.

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