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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, second from left, speaks during a conference with U.S. and U.K. senior military leaders at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2015.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, second from left, speaks during a conference with U.S. and U.K. senior military leaders at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2015.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, second from left, speaks during a conference with U.S. and U.K. senior military leaders at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2015.

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