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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The U.S. and Japanese flags fly together as U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, greets Japanese Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the joint staff for Japan Self-Defense Forces, before a Defense Chiefs Strategy Dialogue on Fort McNair in Washington, July 16, 2015.

The U.S. and Japanese flags fly together as U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, greets Japanese Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the joint staff for Japan Self-Defense Forces, before a Defense Chiefs Strategy Dialogue on Fort McNair in Washington, July 16, 2015.

The U.S. and Japanese flags fly together as U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, greets Japanese Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the joint staff for Japan Self-Defense Forces, before a Defense Chiefs Strategy Dialogue on Fort McNair in Washington, July 16, 2015.

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