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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, walks with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, deputy defense minister, before departing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 24, 2013. Hagel is on a six-day trip to the Middle East, where he is visiting foreign counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

SAUDI WALK

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, walks with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd bin Abdullah, deputy defense minister, before departing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 24, 2013. Hagel is on a six-day trip to the Middle East, where he is visiting foreign counterparts in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

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