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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Left to right in the front row, Medal of Honor recipients Walter Joseph Marm, Jr., Jack H. Jacobs, Brian Miles Thacker, Salvatore Giunta, and Sammy L. Davis attend the Army-Navy football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 2012. Standing on the second row left to right: Undersecretary of the Army Joseph Westphal, Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno.

Left to right in the front row, Medal of Honor recipients Walter Joseph Marm, Jr., Jack H. Jacobs, Brian Miles Thacker, Salvatore Giunta, and Sammy L. Davis attend the Army-Navy football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 2012. Standing on the second row left to right: Undersecretary of the Army Joseph Westphal, Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno.

Left to right in the front row, Medal of Honor recipients Walter Joseph Marm, Jr., Jack H. Jacobs, Brian Miles Thacker, Salvatore Giunta, and Sammy L. Davis attend the Army-Navy football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 2012. Standing on the second row left to right: Undersecretary of the Army Joseph Westphal, Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno.

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