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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, conducts a press conference in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 24, 2006. Pace spoke to the press about the progress in Iraq and the war on terror.

Gen. Peter Pace conducts a press conference in the Pentagon.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, conducts a press conference in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 24, 2006. Pace spoke to the press about the progress in Iraq and the war on terror.

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