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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, center, chief of naval operations, chats with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, and British Gen. Sir. Nicholas Houghton, chief of defense staff, during a reception before the HMS Queen Elizabeth ship naming ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, July 4, 2014. The ship is Britain’s newest aircraft carrier.

RECEPTION CHAT

U.S. Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, center, chief of naval operations, chats with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, and British Gen. Sir. Nicholas Houghton, chief of defense staff, during a reception before the HMS Queen Elizabeth ship naming ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, July 4, 2014. The ship is Britain’s newest aircraft carrier.

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