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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President Barack Obama spends time with an audience of 3,000 service members, military families, civic leaders and elected officials inside a Marine Corps hangar on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 15, 2014. The president visited the base to thank troops for their service.

OBAMA VISIT

President Barack Obama spends time with an audience of 3,000 service members, military families, civic leaders and elected officials inside a Marine Corps hangar on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 15, 2014. The president visited the base to thank troops for their service.

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