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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, left, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present the USO National Guardsman of the Year award to Senior Airman Evan J. Stevens, second from left, during the 2012 USO Gala at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, left, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present the USO National Guardsman of the Year award to Senior Airman Evan J. Stevens, second from left, during the 2012 USO Gala at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, left, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present the USO National Guardsman of the Year award to Senior Airman Evan J. Stevens, second from left, during the 2012 USO Gala at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012.

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