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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen testifies at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on operations in Libya in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2011.

Adm. Mike Mullen testifies at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen testifies at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on operations in Libya in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2011.

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