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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Legion of Merit award lays on a table during a presentation for Canadian Air Force Gen. Thomas J. Lawson, chief of the defense staff of Canada's armed forces, during the U.S.-Canada Defense Chiefs Strategy Dialogue at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2015.

A Legion of Merit award lays on a table during a presentation for Canadian Air Force Gen. Thomas J. Lawson, chief of the defense staff of Canada's armed forces, during the U.S.-Canada Defense Chiefs Strategy Dialogue at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2015.

A Legion of Merit award lays on a table during a presentation for Canadian Air Force Gen. Thomas J. Lawson, chief of the defense staff of Canada's armed forces, during the U.S.-Canada Defense Chiefs Strategy Dialogue at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2015.

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