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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Danish Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO's Military Committee, is briefed before joining a meeting of the NATO Chiefs of Defense in Brussels, Jan. 22, 2015.

Danish Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO's Military Committee, is briefed before joining a meeting of the NATO Chiefs of Defense in Brussels, Jan. 22, 2015.

Danish Gen. Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO's Military Committee, is briefed before joining a meeting of the NATO Chiefs of Defense in Brussels, Jan. 22, 2015.

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