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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith, left, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, bid farewell after meeting with Saudi Arabian Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, assistant defense and aviation minister for military affairs, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 21, 2011.

U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith, left, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, bid farewell after meeting with Saudi Arabian Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, assistant defense and aviation minister for military affairs, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 21, 2011.

U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith, left, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, bid farewell after meeting with Saudi Arabian Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, assistant defense and aviation minister for military affairs, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 21, 2011.

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