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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, greets U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno at the entrance of L'Hôtel National Des Invalides [The National Residence of the Invalids], in Paris, April 5, 2012.

French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, greets U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno at the entrance of L'Hôtel National Des Invalides [The National Residence of the Invalids], in Paris, April 5, 2012.

French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, greets U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno at the entrance of L'Hôtel National Des Invalides [The National Residence of the Invalids], in Paris, April 5, 2012.

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