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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, and his wife, Sylvia, speak with comedian Jay Leno at a car auction in Pebble Beach, Calif., Aug. 18, 2012. Panetta and Leno, along with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, attended the auction of Leno's Fiat 500 Prima Edizione, which raised $600,000 to benefit the Fisher House Foundation.

LENO CONVERSATION

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, and his wife, Sylvia, speak with comedian Jay Leno at a car auction in Pebble Beach, Calif., Aug. 18, 2012. Panetta and Leno, along with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, attended the auction of Leno's Fiat 500 Prima Edizione, which raised $600,000 to benefit the Fisher House Foundation.

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