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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Will Bacon (left front), 10, his brother, Jake, 9, and their mother, Christine, during an "Our Military Kids" reception to honor military children. The boys' father, Missouri National Guardsman Maj. Matt Bacon, is deployed to Iraq.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Will Bacon (left front), 10, his brother, Jake, 9, and their mother, Christine, during an "Our Military Kids" reception to honor military children. The boys' father, Missouri National Guardsman Maj. Matt Bacon, is deployed to Iraq.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Will Bacon (left front), 10, his brother, Jake, 9, and their mother, Christine, during an "Our Military Kids" reception to honor military children. The boys' father, Missouri National Guardsman Maj. Matt Bacon, is deployed to Iraq.

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