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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, right, makes a point with Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada, left, and the Corps former Sgt. Maj. Alford L. McMichael, who is now the senior noncommissioned officer of Allied Command Operations at NATO headquarters in Mons, Belgium. Wolfowitz told the audience at the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundations 10th Annual Invitational Gala in Atlantic City, N.J., that he was accepting the foundations Most Distinguished American Award on behalf of all men and women serving the nation in uniform today. Photo by Rudi Williams

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, right, makes a point with Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada, left, and the Corps former Sgt. Maj. Alford L. McMichael, who is now the senior noncommissioned officer of Allied Command Operations at NATO headquarters in Mons, Belgium. Wolfowitz told the audience at the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundations 10th Annual Invitational Gala in Atlantic City, N.J., that he was accepting the foundations Most Distinguished American Award on behalf of all men and women serving the nation in uniform today. Photo by Rudi Williams

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, right, makes a point with Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada, left, and the Corps former Sgt. Maj. Alford L. McMichael, who is now the senior noncommissioned officer of Allied Command Operations at NATO headquarters in Mons, Belgium. Wolfowitz told the audience at the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundations 10th Annual Invitational Gala in Atlantic City, N.J., that he was accepting the foundations Most Distinguished American Award on behalf of all men and women serving the nation in uniform today. Photo by Rudi Williams

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