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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center, hosts a meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith, right foreground, at the Pentagon, July 27, 2011. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and James Miller, right, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, joined Panetta.

DEFENSE MEETING

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center, hosts a meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith, right foreground, at the Pentagon, July 27, 2011. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and James Miller, right, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, joined Panetta.

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