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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Gen. Peter Pace (right), U.S. Marine Corps, is sworn in as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by William Haynes (2nd from left), as Pace's wife Lynne and daughter Tiffany hold the Bible, in the Pentagon office of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) on Oct. 1, 2001. Haynes is the General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

Gen. Peter Pace is sworn in as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Gen. Peter Pace (right), U.S. Marine Corps, is sworn in as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by William Haynes (2nd from left), as Pace's wife Lynne and daughter Tiffany hold the Bible, in the Pentagon office of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) on Oct. 1, 2001. Haynes is the General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

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