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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, joins Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, Air Force Gen. William M. Frasier, III, and Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, Coast Guard Adm. Robert J. Papp and Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. as they testify before the Senate committee on the Law of the Sea at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012.

LAW OF THE SEA

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, joins Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, Air Force Gen. William M. Frasier, III, and Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, Coast Guard Adm. Robert J. Papp and Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. as they testify before the Senate committee on the Law of the Sea at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012.

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