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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, second from right, and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, left, exit an Israeli Black Hawk helicopter after touring the Golan Heights in Jerusalem, April 22, 2013. Hagel and Yaalon flew over the area that boarders Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, second from right, and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, left, exit an Israeli Black Hawk helicopter after touring the Golan Heights in Jerusalem, April 22, 2013. Hagel and Yaalon flew over the area that boarders Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, second from right, and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, left, exit an Israeli Black Hawk helicopter after touring the Golan Heights in Jerusalem, April 22, 2013. Hagel and Yaalon flew over the area that boarders Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war.

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