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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes a cup of tea during a farewell tea ceremony with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, the country’s deputy defense minister, (not shown) and U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith before departing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 24, 2013. Hagel is on a six-day trip to the Middle East to visit counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes a cup of tea during a farewell tea ceremony with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, the country’s deputy defense minister, (not shown) and U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith before departing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 24, 2013. Hagel is on a six-day trip to the Middle East to visit counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes a cup of tea during a farewell tea ceremony with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, the country’s deputy defense minister, (not shown) and U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith before departing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 24, 2013. Hagel is on a six-day trip to the Middle East to visit counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

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