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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Becky Gates, wife of the 22nd Defense Secretary Robert Gates, meets with U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Lynne, following the oath of office ceremony for her husband at the Pentagon, Dec. 18, 2006.

Becky Gates, wife of the 22nd Defense Secretary Robert Gates, meets with U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Lynne, following the oath of office ceremony for her husband at the Pentagon, Dec. 18, 2006.

Becky Gates, wife of the 22nd Defense Secretary Robert Gates, meets with U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Lynne, following the oath of office ceremony for her husband at the Pentagon, Dec. 18, 2006.

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