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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, second from left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus stand during the playing of taps at a wreath-laying a wreath ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2013. The defense leaders held the small ceremony to remember the 12 victims of the Sept. 16 shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.

REMEMBERING VICTIMS

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, second from left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus stand during the playing of taps at a wreath-laying a wreath ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2013. The defense leaders held the small ceremony to remember the 12 victims of the Sept. 16 shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.

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