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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr during the 2012 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Perth, Australia, Nov. 14, 2012.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr during the 2012 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Perth, Australia, Nov. 14, 2012.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr during the 2012 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Perth, Australia, Nov. 14, 2012.

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