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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Andrew Robathan, minister of state for the U.K.'s armed forces, gives U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, a tour of the Palace of Westminster in London, Jan. 18, 2013.

Andrew Robathan, minister of state for the U.K.'s armed forces, gives U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, a tour of the Palace of Westminster in London, Jan. 18, 2013.

Andrew Robathan, minister of state for the U.K.'s armed forces, gives U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, a tour of the Palace of Westminster in London, Jan. 18, 2013.

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