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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left, Danny Werfel, federal controller for the Office of Management and Budget, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter sit for opening statements during a hearing for the Senate Appropriations Committee on the impact of sequestration in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2013.

SENATE HEARING

From left, Danny Werfel, federal controller for the Office of Management and Budget, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter sit for opening statements during a hearing for the Senate Appropriations Committee on the impact of sequestration in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2013.

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