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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, shares an emotional moment with a fellow U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Kinard in the Pentagon on Sept. 27, 2007, as DoD personnel applaud Pace on his last official day as chairman.

Gen. Peter Pace shares an emotional moment with a fellow U.S. Marine.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, shares an emotional moment with a fellow U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Kinard in the Pentagon on Sept. 27, 2007, as DoD personnel applaud Pace on his last official day as chairman.

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