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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man lays a wreath in a cemetery.

Wreath Laying

Vice President Mike Pence lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan and Army Maj. Gen. Michael L. Howard at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 27, 2019.

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