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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, meets with U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, right, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey before a ceremony marking the end of the U.S. mission in Iraq in Baghdad, Dec. 15, 2011.

LEADER TALK

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, meets with U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, right, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey before a ceremony marking the end of the U.S. mission in Iraq in Baghdad, Dec. 15, 2011.

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