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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Lilibet Hagel, wife of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, shares a light moment with Deanie Dempsey, left foreground, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014.

Lilibet Hagel, wife of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, shares a light moment with Deanie Dempsey, left foreground, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014.

Lilibet Hagel, wife of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, shares a light moment with Deanie Dempsey, left foreground, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014.

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