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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army GEN. Stanley McChrystal, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., right, walk to the parade field for Gen. McChrystal's retirement ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2010.

U.S. Army GEN. Stanley McChrystal, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., right, walk to the parade field for Gen. McChrystal's retirement ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2010.

U.S. Army GEN. Stanley McChrystal, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., right, walk to the parade field for Gen. McChrystal's retirement ceremony on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2010.

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