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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Russian Army Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff, at the NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting in Brussels, Jan. 16, 2013.

DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Russian Army Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff, at the NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting in Brussels, Jan. 16, 2013.

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