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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO's secretary general, left, welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium as part of a NATO Defense Ministerial, June 9, 2010.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO's secretary general, left, welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium as part of a NATO Defense Ministerial, June 9, 2010.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO's secretary general, left, welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium as part of a NATO Defense Ministerial, June 9, 2010.

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