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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and his wife, Stephanie, visit with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion before participating in the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2012.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and his wife, Stephanie, visit with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion before participating in the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2012.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and his wife, Stephanie, visit with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion before participating in the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2012.

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