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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta answers a reporter's questions during a joint press conference with Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton, their Korean counterparts South Korean Minister of Defense Kim Kwan-jin, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung Hwan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2012.

Secretary Panetta answers a reporter's questions during a joint press conference

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta answers a reporter's questions during a joint press conference with Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton, their Korean counterparts South Korean Minister of Defense Kim Kwan-jin, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung Hwan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2012.

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