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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel boards an Air Force E-4B aircraft upon departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 20, 2013. Hagel is starting a six-day trip to the Middle East, where he will visit foreign counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel boards an Air Force E-4B aircraft upon departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 20, 2013. Hagel is starting a six-day trip to the Middle East, where he will visit foreign counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel boards an Air Force E-4B aircraft upon departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 20, 2013. Hagel is starting a six-day trip to the Middle East, where he will visit foreign counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

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