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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates tours Point du Hoc on the 63rd Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 2007. During World War II, rangers assulted the beaches at Point du Hoc and scaled the 100-meter-high cliffs to defeat the enemy for the cause of freedom.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates tours Point du Hoc on the 63rd Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 2007. During World War II, rangers assulted the beaches at Point du Hoc and scaled the 100-meter-high cliffs to defeat the enemy for the cause of freedom.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates tours Point du Hoc on the 63rd Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 2007. During World War II, rangers assulted the beaches at Point du Hoc and scaled the 100-meter-high cliffs to defeat the enemy for the cause of freedom.

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