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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, left, and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England follow the progress of a Standard Missile-3 as it races toward a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite in space over the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 20, 2008.

WATCHING THE LAUNCH

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, left, and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England follow the progress of a Standard Missile-3 as it races toward a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite in space over the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 20, 2008.

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