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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, before testifying on the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2010.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, before testifying on the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2010.

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