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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, Gen Yoshifumi Hibako, right, and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., left, conduct bilateral defense talks during a meeting on Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Dec. 16, 2009.

Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, Gen Yoshifumi Hibako, right, and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., left, conduct bilateral defense talks during a meeting on Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Dec. 16, 2009.

Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, Gen Yoshifumi Hibako, right, and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., left, conduct bilateral defense talks during a meeting on Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Dec. 16, 2009.

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