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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter looks down the entrance of a missile silo while touring Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2012.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter looks down the entrance of a missile silo while touring Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2012.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter looks down the entrance of a missile silo while touring Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2012.

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