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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, not shown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Baghdad, March 9, 2015.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, not shown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Baghdad, March 9, 2015.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, not shown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Baghdad, March 9, 2015.

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