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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Gold Star family members as he visits Section 60 during the 145th annual Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 27, 2013. U.S. service members who died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried in that section.

TALKING WITH FAMILIES

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Gold Star family members as he visits Section 60 during the 145th annual Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 27, 2013. U.S. service members who died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried in that section.

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