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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosts lunch for senior enlisted advisors to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during his first meeting with the group at the Pentagon, May 2, 2013.

FIRST MEETING

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosts lunch for senior enlisted advisors to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during his first meeting with the group at the Pentagon, May 2, 2013.

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