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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from left, meets with Eirik Owre Thorshaug, right, Norway's state secretary, a position within the country's defense ministry, at the Pentagon, Sept. 3, 2013. The two leaders discussed issues of mutual importance.

DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from left, meets with Eirik Owre Thorshaug, right, Norway's state secretary, a position within the country's defense ministry, at the Pentagon, Sept. 3, 2013. The two leaders discussed issues of mutual importance.

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