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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel receives a briefing about the F-22 Raptor from Air Force Capt. John Cummings as he sits in the plane's cockpit on Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., Feb. 25, 2014. Hagel, who also visited nearby Fort Eustis, is on a three-day trip during which he will participate in NATO meetings for defense ministers in Brussels.

RAPTOR BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel receives a briefing about the F-22 Raptor from Air Force Capt. John Cummings as he sits in the plane's cockpit on Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., Feb. 25, 2014. Hagel, who also visited nearby Fort Eustis, is on a three-day trip during which he will participate in NATO meetings for defense ministers in Brussels.

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