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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, talks with Dan Fata, deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, aboard a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in Brussels, Belgium, Mar. 31, 2008.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, talks with Dan Fata, deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, aboard a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in Brussels, Belgium, Mar. 31, 2008.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, talks with Dan Fata, deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, aboard a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in Brussels, Belgium, Mar. 31, 2008.

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