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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A family welcomes home a soldier at Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport, Feb. 2, 2011. Former pro athletes, who are part of a non-profit program called Xperience Outreach, greeted returning soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

A family welcomes home a soldier at Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport, Feb. 2, 2011. Former pro athletes, who are part of a non-profit program called Xperience Outreach, greeted returning soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

A family welcomes home a soldier at Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport, Feb. 2, 2011. Former pro athletes, who are part of a non-profit program called Xperience Outreach, greeted returning soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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