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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, speaks with Catherine Ashton, right, European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at the beginning of a meeting of NATO defense ministers and members of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, Oct. 9, 2012.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, speaks with Catherine Ashton, right, European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at the beginning of a meeting of NATO defense ministers and members of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, Oct. 9, 2012.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, speaks with Catherine Ashton, right, European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at the beginning of a meeting of NATO defense ministers and members of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, Oct. 9, 2012.

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