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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, center, speak to Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the Chinese army’s general staff, left, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2011. The military bands of both nations participated in a joint musical performance.

MUSICAL COLLABORATION

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, center, speak to Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the Chinese army’s general staff, left, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2011. The military bands of both nations participated in a joint musical performance.

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