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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, third from left, and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, fourth from left, meet with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo, Oct. 3, 2013. Kerry, Hagel and their Japanese counterparts discussed issues of mutual importance.

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, third from left, and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, fourth from left, meet with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo, Oct. 3, 2013. Kerry, Hagel and their Japanese counterparts discussed issues of mutual importance.

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