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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the media along with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta as they answer reporters' questions during a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the media along with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta as they answer reporters' questions during a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the media along with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta as they answer reporters' questions during a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012.

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