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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, waits while LeBron James writes a note for a fallen soldier buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., July 15, 2012.

Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, waits while LeBron James writes a note for a fallen soldier buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., July 15, 2012.

Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, waits while LeBron James writes a note for a fallen soldier buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., July 15, 2012.

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