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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and other senior defense officials render honors during the playing of the national anthem as part of a Veterans Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2010.

RENDERING HONORS

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and other senior defense officials render honors during the playing of the national anthem as part of a Veterans Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2010.

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