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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright talks with Megan Meece, 4, daughter of Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Meece (not pictured) and Karen Meece, left.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright talks with Megan Meece, 4, daughter of Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Meece (not pictured) and Karen Meece, left.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright talks with Megan Meece, 4, daughter of Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Meece (not pictured) and Karen Meece, left.

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