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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center, listens while touring the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 17, 2013.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER TOUR

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center, listens while touring the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 17, 2013.

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