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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the start of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 31, 2013. Hagel will discuss issues of mutual importance with ministers at the event and then travel to Brussels to meet with NATO defense ministers.

SINGAPORE HANDSHAKE

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the start of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 31, 2013. Hagel will discuss issues of mutual importance with ministers at the event and then travel to Brussels to meet with NATO defense ministers.

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