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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

French Navy Vice Admiral Richard Laborde, left, the director of the Institute of Higher National Defence Studies and of Higher Military Training, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, center, and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, stand together for a photograph with the Eiffel tower as a backdrop during Odierno's visit to the École de Guerre [War College] in Paris, April 5, 2012.

French Navy Vice Admiral Richard Laborde, left, the director of the Institute of Higher National Defence Studies and of Higher Military Training, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, center, and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, stand together for a photograph with the Eiffel tower as a backdrop during Odierno's visit to the École de Guerre [War College] in Paris, April 5, 2012.

French Navy Vice Admiral Richard Laborde, left, the director of the Institute of Higher National Defence Studies and of Higher Military Training, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, center, and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Bertrand Ract-Madoux, stand together for a photograph with the Eiffel tower as a backdrop during Odierno's visit to the École de Guerre [War College] in Paris, April 5, 2012.

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