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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut (center) and Jack Reed of Rhode Island before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's 2012 budget request in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2011.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut (center) and Jack Reed of Rhode Island before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's 2012 budget request in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2011.

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