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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens, left, assistant chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Petty, right, after breakfast with troops on Forward Operating Base Farah in Farah City, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2013. Petty, a logistics specialist, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens, left, assistant chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Petty, right, after breakfast with troops on Forward Operating Base Farah in Farah City, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2013. Petty, a logistics specialist, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens, left, assistant chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Petty, right, after breakfast with troops on Forward Operating Base Farah in Farah City, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2013. Petty, a logistics specialist, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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