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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, chats with Army Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, while Amy Dubie, left, wife of Lt. Gen Mike Dubie, Northcom's deputy commander, greets Hagel's wife, Lilibet, as they arrive on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27, 2013.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, chats with Army Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, while Amy Dubie, left, wife of Lt. Gen Mike Dubie, Northcom's deputy commander, greets Hagel's wife, Lilibet, as they arrive on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27, 2013.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, chats with Army Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, while Amy Dubie, left, wife of Lt. Gen Mike Dubie, Northcom's deputy commander, greets Hagel's wife, Lilibet, as they arrive on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27, 2013.

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