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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work greets Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, as he arrives at the Pentagon, Dec. 18, 2014, to discuss matters of mutual importance.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Greets Japanese Self-Defense Forces Chief

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work greets Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, as he arrives at the Pentagon, Dec. 18, 2014, to discuss matters of mutual importance.

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