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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marines stand behind a table with laptops and speak to personnel standing in a line wearing security gear.

Evacuation Prep

Marines process State Department personnel for evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2021. U.S. soldiers and Marines are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan.

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