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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Gen. George Ballesteros Rodriguez, commander, Colombian Air Force, U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense and Vice Adm. Guillermo Barrera, commander of the Colombian Navy, participate in a full honors ceremony welcoming Mullen to Colombia, Jan. 16, 2008.

Gen. George Ballesteros Rodriguez, commander, Colombian Air Force, U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense and Vice Adm. Guillermo Barrera, commander of the Colombian Navy, participate in a full honors ceremony welcoming Mullen to Colombia, Jan. 16, 2008.

Gen. George Ballesteros Rodriguez, commander, Colombian Air Force, U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Freddy Padilla, Colombian chief of defense and Vice Adm. Guillermo Barrera, commander of the Colombian Navy, participate in a full honors ceremony welcoming Mullen to Colombia, Jan. 16, 2008.

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