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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (left), U.S. Navy, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2nd from left), the service chiefs and military combatant commanders meet with President George W. Bush (3rd from right) in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Jan. 29, 2008.

Adm. Mullen and Secretary Gates the service chiefs and military combatant commanders meet with President Bush.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (left), U.S. Navy, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2nd from left), the service chiefs and military combatant commanders meet with President George W. Bush (3rd from right) in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Jan. 29, 2008.

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