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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III addresses a group of more than 200 deployed U.S. Army soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 26, 2010.

Deputy Secretary Lynn addresses a group of more than 200 deployed U.S. Army soldiers.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III addresses a group of more than 200 deployed U.S. Army soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 26, 2010.

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