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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

People wave small American flags as a veteran in a wheelchair proceeds past hem in an airport hall.

Capital Welcome

A crowd of people welcome Mary “Polly” Adelaide Woodhull Lipscomb, a veteran Army nurse, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., May 20, 2015. At 101, Lipscomb was the oldest veteran participating in a Northeast Indiana Honor Flight.

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