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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Woman pins lapel pin on man

Lapel Pin

Kim Joiner, the acting principal deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, pins a Vietnam Veteran lapel pin on a veteran during an observance of Vietnam War Veterans Day at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, March 29, 2019.

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