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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England arrives at a hangar to meet with airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as leaders and troops from coalition partners.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England arrives at a hangar to meet with airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as leaders and troops from coalition partners.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England arrives at a hangar to meet with airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as leaders and troops from coalition partners.

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