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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Seated from left, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden listen as President Barack Obama makes a statement on Osama Bin Laden's death in the White House, May 1, 2011.

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Seated from left, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden listen as President Barack Obama makes a statement on Osama Bin Laden's death in the White House, May 1, 2011.

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