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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a phone that allows him to operate with voice and data in the classified environment no matter where he is. Joking that the phone “would make even Batman and James Bond a bit jealous,” Dempsey used it to illustrate a point about the military's role in cyberspace and the threat that cyberattacks pose during remarks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2013.

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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a phone that allows him to operate with voice and data in the classified environment no matter where he is. Joking that the phone “would make even Batman and James Bond a bit jealous,” Dempsey used it to illustrate a point about the military's role in cyberspace and the threat that cyberattacks pose during remarks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2013.

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