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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, left, U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh, second left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, commanding general of Army Training and Doctrine Command, talk before a change-of-command ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., July 19, 2010.

CEREMONY CHAT

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, left, U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh, second left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, commanding general of Army Training and Doctrine Command, talk before a change-of-command ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., July 19, 2010.

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