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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

French Chief of the Defense Staff Adm. Edouard Guillaud, second from right, begins a meeting with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III at the Ecole Militaire in Paris, June 17, 2011.

French Chief of the Defense Staff Adm. Edouard Guillaud, second from right, begins a meeting with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III at the Ecole Militaire in Paris, June 17, 2011.

French Chief of the Defense Staff Adm. Edouard Guillaud, second from right, begins a meeting with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III at the Ecole Militaire in Paris, June 17, 2011.

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