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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, holds a joint press conference with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki at the U.S. Veterans Affairs Building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2012. Panetta and Shinseki met before the press conference to discuss ways to help facilitate veteran disability claims as well as the new transition assistance programs.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, holds a joint press conference with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki at the U.S. Veterans Affairs Building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2012. Panetta and Shinseki met before the press conference to discuss ways to help facilitate veteran disability claims as well as the new transition assistance programs.

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