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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, stand as President Barack Obama, accompanied by Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, prepare to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington,Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, stand as President Barack Obama, accompanied by Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, prepare to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington,Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, stand as President Barack Obama, accompanied by Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, prepare to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington,Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.

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