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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with a U.S. Marine assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country to meet with defense counterparts and tour the Russian military academy.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with a U.S. Marine assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country to meet with defense counterparts and tour the Russian military academy.

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