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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to defense leaders as others follow them.

Three Chiefs

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with the Turkish chief of defense, Army Gen. Hulusi Akar and Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov in Antalya, Turkey, March 6, 2017. The three chiefs of defense discussed their nations’ operations in northern Syria.

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