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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Stuart E. Jones, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, greets U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as he arrives in Baghdad, Nov. 15, 2014. Dempsey is visiting deployed U.S. service members, civilians and Iraqi leaders.

Stuart E. Jones, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, greets U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as he arrives in Baghdad, Nov. 15, 2014. Dempsey is visiting deployed U.S. service members, civilians and Iraqi leaders.

Stuart E. Jones, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, greets U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as he arrives in Baghdad, Nov. 15, 2014. Dempsey is visiting deployed U.S. service members, civilians and Iraqi leaders.

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