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Army Lt. Gen. Michael L. Oates, left, outgoing director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, listens with his successor, Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, as Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III presides over the change of directorship ceremony in the Pentagon, March 4, 2011. They were joined by Army Secretary John McHugh, right.

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Army Lt. Gen. Michael L. Oates, left, outgoing director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, listens with his successor, Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, as Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III presides over the change of directorship ceremony in the Pentagon, March 4, 2011. They were joined by Army Secretary John McHugh, right.

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