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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. military and civilian officials meet with Enayatullah Nazari, Afghanistan’s acting defense minister, and Afghan Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi, acting minister of the interior, to discuss matters of mutual importance in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2014.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. military and civilian officials meet with Enayatullah Nazari, Afghanistan’s acting defense minister, and Afghan Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi, acting minister of the interior, to discuss matters of mutual importance in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2014.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. military and civilian officials meet with Enayatullah Nazari, Afghanistan’s acting defense minister, and Afghan Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi, acting minister of the interior, to discuss matters of mutual importance in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2014.

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