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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left: James J. Shinn, assistant secretary of defense for Asian & Pacific Security, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a translator, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, senior military assistant to the secretary, hold a bilateral meeting with French Minister of Defense Herve Morin and his staff during the 7th annual Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 31, 2008.

From left: James J. Shinn, assistant secretary of defense for Asian & Pacific Security, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a translator, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, senior military assistant to the secretary, hold a bilateral meeting with French Minister of Defense Herve Morin and his staff during the 7th annual Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 31, 2008.

From left: James J. Shinn, assistant secretary of defense for Asian & Pacific Security, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a translator, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, senior military assistant to the secretary, hold a bilateral meeting with French Minister of Defense Herve Morin and his staff during the 7th annual Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 31, 2008.

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