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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones, Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and Director General of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Israel, April 19, 2007.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones, Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and Director General of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Israel, April 19, 2007.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones, Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and Director General of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Israel, April 19, 2007.

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