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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

CNN anchor John King interviews Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kan., May 8, 2010.

CNN anchor John King interviews Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kan., May 8, 2010.

CNN anchor John King interviews Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kan., May 8, 2010.

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