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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as the chairman speaks with students and spouses attending a Capstone course at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., Feb., 27, 2015.

Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as the chairman speaks with students and spouses attending a Capstone course at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., Feb., 27, 2015.

Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as the chairman speaks with students and spouses attending a Capstone course at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., Feb., 27, 2015.

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