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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey answers a senator’s question during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Senate Hart Building in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2013. President Obama has nominated Dempsey for a second two-year term as chairman.

Gen. Dempsey answers a senator’s question during his confirmation hearing

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey answers a senator’s question during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Senate Hart Building in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2013. President Obama has nominated Dempsey for a second two-year term as chairman.

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