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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter (blue shirt) is given a tour of the Vehicular Integrated Solutions Facility during a visit to Joint Base Charleston in Charleston, S.C., June 18, 2012. Carter was accompanied on the tour of the facility by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Executive Director Chris Miller (left), Rep. Tim Scott (second from right), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (right).

Deputy Secretary Carter tours the Vehicular Integrated Solutions Facility

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter (blue shirt) is given a tour of the Vehicular Integrated Solutions Facility during a visit to Joint Base Charleston in Charleston, S.C., June 18, 2012. Carter was accompanied on the tour of the facility by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Executive Director Chris Miller (left), Rep. Tim Scott (second from right), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (right).

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