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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Stephanie Carter, wife of Defense Secretary Ash Carter, shakes hands with a bike rider at the Ride 2 Recovery Memorial Challenge event at the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2015.

Stephanie Carter, wife of Defense Secretary Ash Carter, shakes hands with a bike rider at the Ride 2 Recovery Memorial Challenge event at the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2015.

Stephanie Carter, wife of Defense Secretary Ash Carter, shakes hands with a bike rider at the Ride 2 Recovery Memorial Challenge event at the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2015.

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