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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, and Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, Afghan Chief of Army Staff, meet at the International Security Assistance Forces headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Dec. 15, 2012.

Gen. Dempsey and Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi meet at the International Security Assistance Forces headquarters in Bagram

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, and Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, Afghan Chief of Army Staff, meet at the International Security Assistance Forces headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Dec. 15, 2012.

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