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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (2nd from left), U.S. Marine Corps, talks with Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 22, 2006.

Gen. Peter Pace talks with Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (2nd from left), U.S. Marine Corps, talks with Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 22, 2006.

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