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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Observance Ceremony

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., before a Memorial Day observance ceremony May 27, 2019.

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