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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, meets with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, center, commander, International Security Assistance Forces, Joint Command, right, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, left, Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams, second from left, commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, meets with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, center, commander, International Security Assistance Forces, Joint Command, right, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, left, Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams, second from left, commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, meets with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, center, commander, International Security Assistance Forces, Joint Command, right, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, left, Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams, second from left, commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012.

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