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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Pentagon Pose

Pete Marocco, deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs, meets the Somali Ambassador to the United States, Ali Sharif Ahmed, at the Pentagon. They discussed the situation in Somalia and plans for the future.

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