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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A person in a large bird costume, a woman and man stand behind a trophy, which is situated on a small table.

Screech and Friends

Screech, the Washington Nationals mascot; Kimberley Joiner, the deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for strategic engagement; and Gregory M. McCarthy, the Washington Nationals senior vice president for community engagement, stand near the Major League Baseball Commissioner’s Trophy, won in 2019 by the Washington Nationals baseball team, Jan. 27, 2020. The Nationals brought the trophy to the Pentagon so people there could have their picture taken with it.

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