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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has a conversation with Army Lt. Gen. Robert Hagenbeck, left, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, and Mike Krzyzewski, academy alumnus and current Duke University head basketball coach, during a visit to the academy in West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2008.

WEST POINT CONVERSATION

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has a conversation with Army Lt. Gen. Robert Hagenbeck, left, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, and Mike Krzyzewski, academy alumnus and current Duke University head basketball coach, during a visit to the academy in West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2008.

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