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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, second from left, hosts a meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Rangin Spanta, second from right, at the Pentagon, Sept. 9, 2011. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, James N. Miller, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, and David S. Sedney, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, joined Panetta.

PENTAGON MEETING

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, second from left, hosts a meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Rangin Spanta, second from right, at the Pentagon, Sept. 9, 2011. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, James N. Miller, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, and David S. Sedney, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, joined Panetta.

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