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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart E. Jones as as he arrives in Baghdad, July 23, 2015. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry, left, also greeted Carter, who is on a weeklong trip to the Middle East that included stops in Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart E. Jones as as he arrives in Baghdad, July 23, 2015. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry, left, also greeted Carter, who is on a weeklong trip to the Middle East that included stops in Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart E. Jones as as he arrives in Baghdad, July 23, 2015. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry, left, also greeted Carter, who is on a weeklong trip to the Middle East that included stops in Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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