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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, assistant Marine Corps commandant, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far right, present the USO Marine of the Year award to Marine Corps Sgt. Clifford M. Wooldridge, center, during the 2012 USO Gala held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, assistant Marine Corps commandant, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far right, present the USO Marine of the Year award to Marine Corps Sgt. Clifford M. Wooldridge, center, during the 2012 USO Gala held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, assistant Marine Corps commandant, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far right, present the USO Marine of the Year award to Marine Corps Sgt. Clifford M. Wooldridge, center, during the 2012 USO Gala held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

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