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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (right), U.S. Marine Corps, talks with two World War II Marine veterans, who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima, during the 4th Marine Division reunion in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 5, 2007. Pace was the keynote speaker at the national reunion.

Gen. Peter Pace talks with two World War II Marine veterans.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (right), U.S. Marine Corps, talks with two World War II Marine veterans, who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima, during the 4th Marine Division reunion in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 5, 2007. Pace was the keynote speaker at the national reunion.

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